List of local nature reserves in Somerset
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List of local nature reserves in Somerset

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Site	Photograph	Area	Location	Map	Details	Description

Ash Priors Common	-	20.78 hectares (51.3 acres)	Ash Priors 51°03′10″N 3°12′38″W / 51.0527°N 3.2105°W ST152288	Map	Details	This reserve covers unimproved neutral grassland, semi-natural deciduous woodland, wet heath, scrub, carr, stream, ponds and hedgerows. The plants to be found at the site include early marsh-orchid and twayblade orchid while the animals include the eurasian harvest mouse, viviparous lizard and tree pipit.

Berrow Dunes	-	16.7 hectares (41 acres)	Berrow 51°16′39″N 3°00′57″W / 51.2776°N 3.0157°W ST292536	Map	Details	The dunes, west of the village of Berrow, have a golf course, and is a noted site for various unusual plants, including a strong colony of lizard orchids.

Bickenhall Orchard	–	0.6 hectares (1.5 acres)	Bickenhall 50°57′37″N 3°00′16″W / 50.9603°N 3.0045°W ST295183	Map	Details	Apple trees with mistletoe in a grass orchard with herbs and orchids.

Bincombe Beeches	-	5.36 hectares (13.2 acres)	Crewkerne 50°53′14″N 2°47′33″W / 50.8872°N 2.7925°W ST443100	Map	Details	The site has beech trees up to 200 years old, oaks and hazels. Birds include blackbirds, woodpeckers, goldcrests and jackdaws, and there are small mammals such as badgers and foxes.

Bucklands Pool/Backwell Lake	-	5.52 hectares (13.6 acres)	Backwell 51°25′18″N 2°45′10″W / 51.4216°N 2.7528°W ST477694	Map	Details	The lake, which is also known as Buckland's Pool is next to the road between Nailsea and Backwell at Buckland's Batch.

Cadbury Hill/Henley Quarry	-	20.84 hectares (51.5 acres)	Yatton 51°22′54″N 2°48′14″W / 51.3817°N 2.8039°W ST441650	Map	Details	This site comprises ancient semi-natural woodland, scrub and unimproved grassland. Species of interest include marsh tit, noctule bat, slow worm, wood anemone, bluebell, betony, small scabious, rock rose and small leaved lime.

Camerton Batch	-	2.02 hectares (5.0 acres)	Camerton 51°19′11″N 2°27′25″W / 51.3198°N 2.4570°W ST682579	Map	Details	The spoil heap or batch is a result of coal mining on the Somerset Coalfield in the 19th century. Camerton New Pit survived to be nationalised, eventually closing in 1950.

Carrs Woodland	-	21.1 hectares (52 acres)	Twerton 51°23′05″N 2°24′26″W / 51.3847°N 2.4073°W ST717651	Map	Detail	A woodland area in the valley of Newton Brook. Plants include the bath asparagus.

Chard Reservoir	-	37.05 hectares (91.6 acres)	Chard 50°53′04″N 2°56′34″W / 50.8844°N 2.9428°W ST338098	Map	Detail	A 36.97-hectare (91.4-acre) reservoir which is owned and managed by South Somerset District Council. It is a recipient of the Green Flag Award.

Cheddar Valley Railway Walk	-	28.6 hectares (71 acres)	Yatton to Winscombe 51°20′44″N 2°50′00″W / 51.3456°N 2.8334°W ST420610	Map	Detail	Following the route of the Cheddar Valley Line, this linear reserve passes through the Biddle Street SSSI. The site supports birds, bats, amphibians and reptiles.

Children's Wood/Riverside	-	19.53 hectares (48.3 acres)	Taunton 51°01′31″N 3°04′48″W / 51.0252°N 3.0800°W ST243256	Map	Detail	Alongside the River Tone, this reserve provides a habitat corridor for animals. Birds recorded include the kingfisher and grey wagtail.

Church and Wains Hill (Poets Walk)	-	8.95 hectares (22.1 acres)	Clevedon 51°25′57″N 2°52′21″W / 51.4325°N 2.8724°W ST394707	Map	Detail	This reserve includes a hill fort dating from the Iron Age on Wain's Hill and Church Hill. It has calcareous grassland, coastal scrub and woodland.

Eastfield, Sedgemoor Hill	-	7.42 hectares (18.3 acres)	High Ham 51°04′17″N 2°48′15″W / 51.0715°N 2.8042°W ST437305	Map	Detail	Grassland with orchids and butterflies.

Eastwood and Battery Point	-	11.68 hectares (28.9 acres)	Portishead 51°29′40″N 2°46′01″W / 51.4944°N 2.7670°W ST468775	Map	Detail	The Eastwood area is broadleaf woodland on a coastal limestone ridge which leads to Battery Point which had a defensive gun position and Portishead Point lighthouse is on the promontory.

Felton Common	-	40.37 hectares (99.8 acres)	Winford 51°23′00″N 2°41′41″W / 51.3833°N 2.6947°W ST517651	Map	Detail	Open calcareous grassland with scrub and bracken. There are birds including kestrel, sky lark, song thrush, willow warbler, spotted flycatcher and several species of invertebrates.

Folly Farm	-	98.49 hectares (243.4 acres)	Stowey 51°20′34″N 2°33′54″W / 51.3427°N 2.5649°W ST607605	Map	Detail	Folly Farm is a traditionally managed visitable farm and nature reserve run by the Avon Wildlife Trust. The farmhouse is 17th century and the surrounding land includes neutral grassland, flowery meadows and woodlands.

Frieze Hill Community Orchard	-	1.39 hectares (3.4 acres)	Taunton 51°01′26″N 3°07′17″W / 51.0239°N 3.1214°W ST214255	Map	Detail	This site has been converted from allotments to rough grassland and an orchard. The kingston black and yarlington mill varieties of apples are among those grown.

Gadds Valley	-	3.69 hectares (9.1 acres)	Cheddon Fitzpaine 51°03′23″N 3°05′47″W / 51.0565°N 3.0965°W ST232291	Map	Detail	Open grassland and woodland.

Hurstone Farm Woodlands	-	9.78 hectares (24.2 acres)	Waterrow 51°00′55″N 3°21′03″W / 51.0152°N 3.3507°W ST053248	Map	Detail	Woodland on the banks of the River Tone. The woodland, hedgerows and open grassland provide a habitat for dormice, otter and several bat species.

Kensington Meadows	-	2.12 hectares (5.2 acres)	Bath 51°23′32″N 2°20′39″W / 51.3921°N 2.3442°W ST761659	Map	Detail	Mixed woodland and open meadow next to the River Avon.

Manor Road Community Woodland	-	20.93 hectares (51.7 acres)	Keynsham 51°24′15″N 2°28′51″W / 51.4042°N 2.4808°W ST666673	Map	Detail	Woodland and grassland that supports a range of bird species.

Middle Hill Common	-	1.49 hectares (3.7 acres)	Weston in Gordano 51°28′02″N 2°47′54″W / 51.4672°N 2.7982°W ST446745	Map	Detail	Grassland and wild flower meadow, which supports invertebrates and butterflies.

Moldrums Ground	-	2.55 hectares (6.3 acres)	Penselwood 51°05′04″N 2°21′22″W / 51.0845°N 2.3562°W ST751317	Map	Detail	The site includes a dry woodland surrounding unimproved grassland. Ponds on the site provide a habitat for northern crested newt.

Netherclay Community Woodland	-	3.91 hectares (9.7 acres)	Bishop's Hull 51°01′13″N 3°08′03″W / 51.0202°N 3.1341°W ST205251	Map	Detail	A woodland with oak, ash, black poplar, dogwood and hazel.

Norton Hillfort	-	2.04 hectares (5.0 acres)	Norton Fitzwarren 51°01′51″N 3°08′50″W / 51.0308°N 3.1472°W ST196263	Map	Detail	The site surrounds the Iron Age hill fort of Norton Camp. It consists of woodland of oak, ash, and sycamore trees with an underlying flora of bluebell, wood anemone and moschatel.

Otterhead Lakes	-	21.53 hectares (53.2 acres)	Otterford 50°55′02″N 3°06′11″W / 50.9171°N 3.1031°W ST225136	Map	Detail	A pair of reservoirs fed by the River Otter and managed by the Otterhead Estate Trust Company Limited, working with the Somerset Wildlife Trust on behalf of Wessex Water.

Screech Owl	-	11.7 hectares (29 acres)	Huntworth 51°06′42″N 2°58′40″W / 51.1116°N 2.9778°W ST316351	Map	Detail	A wetland area which supports a variety of birds, bats and small mammals.

Silk Mills Park and Ride	Silk Mills LNR, Taunton.JPG	7.08 hectares (17.5 acres)	Taunton 51°01′23″N 3°07′37″W / 51.0230°N 3.1270°W ST210254	Map	Detail	Landscaping and ponds in three areas next to the River Tone created when the park and ride was created. The woodland and grassland supports aquatic and marginal vegetation.

Silver Street	Silver Street Nature Reserve.JPG	2.12 hectares (5.2 acres)	Midsomer Norton 51°16′52″N 2°29′07″W / 51.2810°N 2.4853°W ST662536	Map	Detail	An ancient woodland, next to Midsomer Norton railway station, including ash, beech, field maple, hazel, hawthorn, oak, holly, sycamore and wild cherry.

Slader's Leigh	-	0.66 hectares (1.6 acres)	Winscombe 51°18′09″N 2°49′52″W / 51.3024°N 2.8312°W ST421562	Map	Detail	A wildflower meadow with plants including devil's-bit scabious, cowslip, betony, common spotted orchid and tormentil which provide a habitat for a range of butterflies.

South Taunton Streams (Mill, Galmington, Blackbrook 1&2)	-	8.24 hectares (20.4 acres)	Taunton 51°00′52″N 3°04′27″W / 51.0145°N 3.0741°W ST247244	Map	Detail	Four sites providing a range of flora which support water voles, otters, kingfisher, sand martin, dippers and bats.

St George's Flower Bank	–	1.48 hectares (3.7 acres)	Easton in Gordano 51°09′03″N 2°42′12″W / 51.1509°N 2.7033°W ST512752	Map	Detail	Flower meadow alongside a main road.

Street Heath	-	8.18 hectares (20.2 acres)	Glastonbury 51°28′27″N 2°46′06″W / 51.4741°N 2.7684°W ST463393	Map	Detail	The heath is a biological SSSI. The nature reserve is managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust, with examples of plant communities that were once common on the Somerset Levels.

Swains	–	0.67 hectares (1.7 acres)	Wellington 50°58′15″N 3°13′57″W / 50.9707°N 3.2326°W ST135197	Map	Detail	A meadow with cuckoo flower, meadowsweet, and dove's-foot crane's-bill. There is also a pond which provides a habitat for amphibians including great crested newt, palmate newt and toad.

Twerton Roundhill	-	4.66 hectares (11.5 acres)	Twerton 51°22′07″N 2°23′50″W / 51.3685°N 2.3971°W ST724633	Map	Detail	Grassland with a range of wildflowers including greater knapweed and agrimony.

Uphill Hill	-	17 hectares (42 acres)	Uphill 51°19′03″N 2°58′56″W / 51.3174°N 2.9821°W ST316580	Map	Detail	Open grassland around a disused quarry. There are a range of flowers including cowslip, primrose and green-winged orchid.

Walborough Common	-	21 hectares (52 acres)	Uphill 51°19′03″N 2°58′56″W / 51.3174°N 2.9821°W ST316580	Map	Detail	Salt marsh with sea barley, slender hare's-ear and sea clover and limestone grassland with Somerset hair-grass, honewort, green-winged and early purple orchids.

Weirfield Riverside	-	0.88 hectares (2.2 acres)	Taunton 51°01′13″N 3°06′56″W / 51.0204°N 3.1156°W ST218251	Map	Detail	A linear nature reserve along the bank of the River Tone providing alder and willow woodland, bramble, scrub and rough grassland.

Wellington Basins	-	0.53 hectares (1.3 acres)	Wellington 50°58′47″N 3°14′24″W / 50.9796°N 3.2399°W ST130207	Map	Detail	Small ponds and surrounding grassland and woodland which provide a habitat for grey wagtail, dipper and reed bunting.

Weston Woods	-	129.56 hectares (320.1 acres)	Weston-super-Mare 51°21′35″N 2°58′18″W / 51.3598°N 2.9716°W ST324627	Map	Detail	A wooded area on Worlebury Hill which includes Worlebury Camp Iron Age hill fort. The woodland provides a habitat for mammals including deer, badgers, foxes and bats.

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