'Relic' wood pasture, veteran trees and nationally rare acid grassland make up this site squeezed between major roads, railway lines, and the rapid urban development of Ashford.

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A small but beautiful reserve carved by the Ballagan Burn

A small raised bog with the characteristic domed centre; a very rare habitat in this part of Scotland

The Scottish Wildlife Trust

One of the country's most important disused quarry habitats for wildlife

A semi-natural ancient woodland

A combination of geological exposures and internationally important grassland communities producing a site with a unique character

An old sandstone quarry, last worked in 1955

Overlooking the English channel, the Capel-le-Fern reserve has great views of the chalk cliffs that gives the White Cliffs of Dover its name.

An impressive habitat and plant diversity and a great place to spot bird life in the Forth Estuary

A beautiful stretch of woodland with a beautiful steep-sided gorge that supports a large tract of ancient deciduous woodland

Ancient broadleaved woodland with some scrub and a meadow

The Culand Pits are a dramatic reminder of the role the cement industry played in shaping the landscape in the Medway Valley. The site is owned by Trenport Investments Ltd who fund the management…

A small area of lime-rich dune grassland

A haven for lime loving flora

A quarry, worked until 1966, and surrounding woodland

Stretching along both sides of the Clyde Gorge, with fantastic views of the waterfalls from which it takes its name

A small woodland reserve in a river gorge

A large ancient woodland in the north of Sheffield

A site of unusual geology and associated flora