Wildlife reserves · West Midlands
High Wood and Meadow
High Wood and Meadow — nature reserve in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Best time of year
- Autumn & winter (migration & wildfowl)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
High Wood and Meadow is a wildlife reserve in the United Kingdom. Managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Wikidata describes it as: "nature reserve in the United Kingdom". Coordinates: 52.1880°, -1.1360°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: High Wood and Meadow SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
High Wood and Meadow is a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Farthingstone and Preston Capes in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The wood is ancient and semi-natural on acid soils. It has diverse ground flora, including yellow pimpernel, hairy wood-rush and broad-leaved helleborine. The meadow is acid grassland of a type which is now uncommon, and there are also areas of neutral grassland and marsh on silty peat. There are many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant. There is (unsignposted) access from the Knightley Way footpath.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 52.1880, -1.1360
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Parish
- Preston Capes
- Postcode
- NN11 3TF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Daventry
Sources
- wikidata: Q29019764 (CC0)
- wikipedia: High Wood and Meadow (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: High Meadow.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is High Wood and Meadow?
- High Wood and Meadow is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NN11 3TF), in the parish of Preston Capes.
- Who runs High Wood and Meadow?
- High Wood and Meadow is operated by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
- Is High Wood and Meadow a protected site?
- Yes — High Wood and Meadow is part of the High Wood and Meadow SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is High Wood and Meadow free to visit?
- Yes, High Wood and Meadow is free to enter.
- How do I get to High Wood and Meadow?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NN11 3TF. It sits within the Daventry parliamentary constituency.
- Are dogs allowed at High Wood and Meadow?
- Most wildlife reserves allow dogs on lead only, with restrictions during ground-nesting bird season (March-July). Check signage at the reserve.