Nature Reserves

Cethins Meadow, and nearby Little Marises Meadow, are unimproved, species-rich, lowland neutral grassland fields lying within the Black Mountains Valley Living Landscape.

Three traditional Herefordshire hay-meadows, a small orchard area, two ponds and a complex of old hedgerows.

A traditional old Herefordshire hay meadow

Two fields; Hampton Meadow and Big & Little Common

Known as ‘Little Marises’, the flower-rich meadow lies between two other nature reserves – Cethins Meadow and Canon Tump Common – in the Black Mountains Valley, near to Michaelchurch Escley. The…

Lugg Meadow is one of the most important surviving Lammas Meadows in the UK.

Semi-improved neutral grassland

Remnant of what was originally an extensive area of wet common meadow

Unimproved, marshy floodplain grassland with a wealth of diverse flora.

Ancient semi natural woodland rich in vegetation