This 144-acre nature reserve features a mix of woodland, grassland, and wetland habitats, providing a haven for a diverse range of wildlife. The reserve has several walking trails, including the 2.5-mile Warren Trail, which takes visitors through some of the most scenic areas. A bird hide and observation deck offer opportunities to spot birds, including rare species such as the marsh harrier and bearded tit. The reserve is also home to a variety of flora, including orchids, wildflowers, and trees.
Still a nice place to go, but not as nice as before they felled a large percentage of the mature trees. This has resulted in frequent flooding making parts of the warren hard to reach without wellies. I was told the idea was to reforest the area with more appropriate varieties of trees, but despite the felling having been carried out years ago, there is no evidence of re-planting. The wildlife trust only seem interested in using the area for grazing cattle and sheep. It's a shame as it used to be a proper haven.
Great for dog walking, nice park up places for vehicles
Just been for a walk this is a very nice place to hear birds. Heard a cuckoo, which was a treat. However, as seen in some of the previous reviews, there were some dog walkers who had their dogs off the lead running all over the place despite the dogs on lead signs in certain parts of the reserve. Plus, the amount of dog mess on and around the paths and dog mess bags that have clearly been left given state of them or hanging in trees is very sad. Having to spend more time watching where you're walking so as not to tread in dog mess instead of enjoying the reserve and the wonderful wildlife is a shame. Can I please ask that dog walkers respect the 'dogs on lead signs' when they see them and watch their dogs in order to clear up their mess and take it with you. If not, it just spoils it for everyone and is a risk to the wildlife that call the reserve home.
Great afternoon for spotting shame about the dogs , their mess and the owners that cannot read! The sign says dogs on lead. Not hard to understand unless you are a pleb!
The place was ok but not amazing . It's a nice enough walk round but not very big. 20 mins at most I would say . We walked into spalford so we could extend our walk but unless we have missed a route or something I wasn't blown away (parden the pun as it's on a old world war 2 ammunition dump) don't think it warrants a return trip.
I was looking for somewhere different to walk my dogs and went here. It looks a very nice place to go to walk your dogs so we took a short walk and came across a countryside information board, hence the shortness of our walk. It seems that at least part of this area was used after ww11 to destroy and/or bury munitions including mustard agent, a particularly nasty anti personnel chemical. Apparently the site is still being monitored by the ministry of defence so that would suggest there is still some level of risk associated with the area although there is no restriction to the public. There was also a notice relating to a mysterious illness affecting some dogs causing vomiting and diarrhoea. I'm not suggesting there is any great risk, only those wanting to go there can make a decision to go or not but I for one will not be going there again.
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Good for kids
Dogs allowed
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Still a nice place to go, but not as nice as before they felled a large percentage of the mature trees. This has resulted in frequent flooding making parts of the warren hard to reach without wellies. I was told the idea was to reforest the area with more appropriate varieties of trees, but despite the felling having been carried out years ago, there is no evidence of re-planting. The wildlife trust only seem interested in using the area for grazing cattle and sheep. It's a shame as it used to be a proper haven.
Great for dog walking, nice park up places for vehicles
Just been for a walk this is a very nice place to hear birds. Heard a cuckoo, which was a treat. However, as seen in some of the previous reviews, there were some dog walkers who had their dogs off the lead running all over the place despite the dogs on lead signs in certain parts of the reserve. Plus, the amount of dog mess on and around the paths and dog mess bags that have clearly been left given state of them or hanging in trees is very sad. Having to spend more time watching where you're walking so as not to tread in dog mess instead of enjoying the reserve and the wonderful wildlife is a shame. Can I please ask that dog walkers respect the 'dogs on lead signs' when they see them and watch their dogs in order to clear up their mess and take it with you. If not, it just spoils it for everyone and is a risk to the wildlife that call the reserve home.
Great afternoon for spotting shame about the dogs , their mess and the owners that cannot read! The sign says dogs on lead. Not hard to understand unless you are a pleb!
The place was ok but not amazing . It's a nice enough walk round but not very big. 20 mins at most I would say . We walked into spalford so we could extend our walk but unless we have missed a route or something I wasn't blown away (parden the pun as it's on a old world war 2 ammunition dump) don't think it warrants a return trip.
I was looking for somewhere different to walk my dogs and went here. It looks a very nice place to go to walk your dogs so we took a short walk and came across a countryside information board, hence the shortness of our walk. It seems that at least part of this area was used after ww11 to destroy and/or bury munitions including mustard agent, a particularly nasty anti personnel chemical. Apparently the site is still being monitored by the ministry of defence so that would suggest there is still some level of risk associated with the area although there is no restriction to the public. There was also a notice relating to a mysterious illness affecting some dogs causing vomiting and diarrhoea. I'm not suggesting there is any great risk, only those wanting to go there can make a decision to go or not but I for one will not be going there again.
