right. Love Somerset, Love Nature Love Somerset, Love Velvet Bottom Slag Heaps Slag Bottom Velvet Love Somerset, Love Nature Love Somerset, Love
park turn left. To explore Long Wood & Velvet Bottom reserves turn turn reserves Bottom Velvet & Wood Long explore To left. turn park
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marks the end of the long trail. To return to the main entrance & car car & entrance main the to return To trail. long the of end the marks
Stop 8 is at the pedestrian gate at the woodland boundary and and boundary woodland the at gate pedestrian the at is 8 Stop
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follow the steps through the woodland. the through steps the follow
Company no: 818162 no: Company path through the grassland to another kissing gate. Beyond the gate, gate, the Beyond gate. kissing another to grassland the through path
Registered charity no: 238372 no: charity Registered
At the woodland edge walk through the kissing gate and follow the the follow and gate kissing the through walk edge woodland the At
recreational activities permitted. activities recreational
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hazelnut shells. What type of animals do you think you do animals of type What shells. hazelnut
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the necessary fat reserves to survive its winter hibernation. hibernation. winter its survive to reserves fat necessary the
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canopy and shrubs where it must forage for enough food to build build to food enough for forage must it where shrubs and canopy
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dormouse. This secretive mammal lives almost exclusively in the tree tree the in exclusively almost lives mammal secretive This dormouse.
Black Rock Lime Kiln Lime Rock Black projects
on this sheltered slope provides and ideal habitat for the common common the for habitat ideal and provides slope sheltered this on
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education environmental on schools local with Working • hazards.
yew can be seen. The abundant hazel & honeysuckle that grows grows that honeysuckle & hazel abundant The seen. be can yew
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Organising volunteering opportunities in winter and summer and winter in opportunities volunteering Organising • through flooded areas as there may be hidden hidden be may there as areas flooded through
Yellow Necked Mouse Necked Yellow
the woodland, which is dominated by ash trees, although scots pine, pine, scots although trees, ash by dominated is which woodland, the
Become a member today by visiting by today member a Become Running reserve open days, and organising walks and talks and walks organising and days, open reserve Running • Wood may become flooded. Please do not walk walk not do Please flooded. become may Wood
Pass through the kissing gate at stop 7 and follow the trail through through trail the follow and 7 stop at gate kissing the through Pass
Join us Join surveying key species such as dormice and bats and dormice as such species key surveying • Long in path valley the rainfall high of times At
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agri-environment schemes agri-environment Velvet Bottom. Velvet
enclosed track-way to a kissing gate on your right. your on gate kissing a to track-way enclosed
and people. and
assisting landowners with grant applications for applications grant with landowners assisting •
in walls dam the crossing when especially care take
be seen leading away from the sett. Beyond the gate follow the the follow gate the Beyond sett. the from away leading seen be
systems by creating living landscapes for wildlife wildlife for landscapes living creating by systems
benefits wildlife benefits Please rock. exposed of areas in slippery be can and
the tracks used by the badgers during their twilight foraging can can foraging twilight their during badgers the by used tracks the
We are dedicated to restoring our battered eco- battered our restoring to dedicated are We
that management land on landowners to advice providing • surfaces uneven have paths and trails nature The
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the direction you have walked you will see a large patch of nettles nettles of patch large a see will you walked have you direction the
£2 million every year. year. every million £2 identifying land that can be restored to wildflower-rich wildflower-rich to restored be can that land identifying • please keep dogs under close control at all times. all at control close under dogs keep please
reach stop 6 at a gate in the corner of the field. If you look back in in back look you If field. the of corner the in gate a at 6 stop reach
and woodlands and members and the general public to help raise over over raise help to public general the and members so year of time any at grazing be may Animals
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The long trail continues alongside the wall from stop 4 until you you until 4 stop from wall the alongside continues trail long The
heaths grasslands, species-rich of areas best the identifying • As a charity we rely on the generous support of our our of support generous the on rely we charity a As
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right. environmental charity, with around 20,000 20,000 around with charity, environmental Creating a Living Landscape Living a Creating
information about climbing at Cheddar. at climbing about information
park turn left. To explore Long Wood & Velvet Bottom reserves turn turn reserves Bottom Velvet & Wood Long explore To left. turn park Somerset Wildlife Trust is the county’s leading leading county’s the is Trust Wildlife Somerset
has Council Mountaineering British The risk. own
families explore, understand and get to love our Cheddar wildlife. wildlife. Cheddar our love to get and understand explore, families marks the end of the short trail. To return to the main entrance & car car & entrance main the to return To trail. short the of end the marks
your at undertaken is quarry the at climbing Rock
landscapes. In Mendip this includes helping children and their their and children helping includes this Mendip In landscapes. l Stop 5 is at the pedestrian gate at the woodland boundary and and boundary woodland the at gate pedestrian the at is 5 Stop
inspire people to understand and appreciate Somerset’s wonderful wonderful Somerset’s appreciate and understand to people inspire
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5. Follow the valley path to the trail end at the reserve entrance gate. entrance reserve the at end trail the to path valley the Follow
the potential for falling rocks. falling for potential the
To secure the future of our natural environment we must also also must we environment natural our of future the secure To
face. Please keep to the footpaths and be aware of aware be and footpaths the to keep Please face.
We cannot create a living landscape by working with wildlife alone. alone. wildlife with working by landscape living a create cannot We to replace the stone or branch once you have finished. have you once branch or stone the replace to which are signs of badger activity. badger of signs are which
rock natural of areas other and Rock Black in See what different mini-beasts you can find. Remember find. can you mini-beasts different what See you walk through the woodland look out for scrapes and holes holes and scrapes for out look woodland the through walk you
communities that enjoy a healthy natural environment. natural healthy a enjoy that communities
path main the alongside quarry disused a is There
l Hedgehog Award Award Hedgehog – Turn over a small branch or stone. or branch small a over Turn – cleared of planted larch and replaced with native broadleaves. As As broadleaves. native with replaced and larch planted of cleared
create a landscape where wildlife flourishes, alongside thriving rural rural thriving alongside flourishes, wildlife where landscape a create
Green Woodpecker Green fence. Beyond the shelter belt of pine trees the woodland is being being is woodland the trees pine of belt shelter the Beyond fence. of our most vulnerable and best-loved species. We are working to to working are We species. best-loved and vulnerable most our of
! the in gate a to slope the down drops and right bears trail short The escape underground when the Long Wood swallet overflows. overflows. swallet Wood Long the when underground escape
movement that connect wildlife populations , we risk losing some some losing risk we , populations wildlife connect that movement
prevent flooding in the valley beyond by allowing excess water to to water excess allowing by beyond valley the in flooding prevent
If we don’t link up these islands of habitat by creating corridors for for corridors creating by habitat of islands these up link don’t we If
markers) or the long trail (red markers). For the long trail see point 6. point see trail long the For markers). (red trail long the or markers)
Information was restarted, with a new entranceway and dam created, to help help to created, dam and entranceway new a with restarted, was
From this point you can choose to complete the short trail (green (green trail short the complete to choose can you point this From
and climate change. change. climate and which was first opened during a flash flood in 1968. In 2013 the dig dig the 2013 In 1968. in flood flash a during opened first was which
changing conditions such as intensification of land management management land of intensification as such conditions changing
Health & Safety & Health At stop 6 is a cave excavation known as Long Wood Valley Sink Sink Valley Wood Long as known excavation cave a is 6 stop At
you can hear. can you
leaving stranded pockets of wildlife which are vulnerable to to vulnerable are which wildlife of pockets stranded leaving
6 Count how many different types of bird song you think you song bird of types different many how Count 6.
the habitat our wildlife depends upon has become fragmented, fragmented, become has upon depends wildlife our habitat the
Hedgehog Award Hedgehog – Stop and listen for singing birds. singing for listen and Stop –
habitats across this beautiful landscape. We need to do this because because this do to need We landscape. beautiful this across habitats
leaves within this area of woodland. woodland. of area this within leaves
Mendip Hills by working to restore, recreate and reconnect wildlife wildlife reconnect and recreate restore, to working by Hills Mendip
Wood is Black Down, the highest point on Mendip. on point highest the Down, Black is Wood
Hedgehog Award Hedgehog – Try to find five different types of types different five find to Try –
Somerset Wildlife Trust is aiming to create a Living Landscape for the the for Landscape Living a create to aiming is Trust Wildlife Somerset Devon coast beyond Cheddar Gorge. To the north behind Long Long behind north the To Gorge. Cheddar beyond coast Devon
the valley path. valley the North the to Somerset across south-west the to views far-reaching
Mendip Hills Living Landscape Living Hills Mendip
returning nutrients to the soil for living plants to use. Continue along along Continue use. to plants living for soil the to nutrients returning often are there Rock, Black of points highest the of one at is 4 Stop
in the woodland by breaking down the dead plant material and and material plant dead the down breaking by woodland the in
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beetles. The fungi which grow on the dead trees play a vital part part vital a play trees dead the on grow which fungi The beetles.
distinctive calls. Follow the path alongside the wall. the alongside path the Follow calls. distinctive an important home for many invertebrate species such as longhorn longhorn as such species invertebrate many for home important an
activities. kestrels and ravens, their presence is often given away by their their by away given often is presence their ravens, and kestrels trees. These trees are left where possible to decay as they provide provide they as decay to possible where left are trees These trees.
If you are visiting as a family why not try the Hedgehog Award Award Hedgehog the try not why family a as visiting are you If wall. This is a good location for watching birds such as buzzards, buzzards, as such birds watching for location good a is This wall. In the woodland surrounding stop 5 you will notice several fallen fallen several notice will you 5 stop surrounding woodland the In
limestone rock. limestone Somerset Wildlife Trust’s
Continue up the slope to the top and then bear right alongside the the alongside right bear then and top the to slope the up Continue
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Reserve. 5. clean and separate out the heavy lead ore from the crushed crushed the from ore lead heavy the out separate and clean
1.7km which leads to Charterhouse & Ubley Warren Nature Nature Warren Ubley & Charterhouse to leads which 1.7km not be touched or disturbed. or touched be not
grassland below the path are buddle pits which were used to to used were which pits buddle are path the below grassland
path.
Respect, Protect & Enjoy & Protect Respect, There is also a linear walk through Velvet Bottom reserve of of reserve Bottom Velvet through walk linear a also is There
As well as being venomous they are a protected species and should should and species protected a are they venomous being as well As The rows of shallow circular depressions just visible in the the in visible just depressions circular shallow of rows The
the cave. Retrace your steps and continue along the valley bottom bottom valley the along continue and steps your Retrace cave. the Cheddar
often possible to spot them basking near walls and rocky outcrops. outcrops. rocky and walls near basking them spot to possible often
follow the green way-marked posts from Long Wood entrance. Wood Long from posts way-marked green the follow
Just upstream is the concrete blockhouse which controls access to to access controls which blockhouse concrete the is upstream Just warm rocks before heading off to hunt in the grasslands. the in hunt to off heading before rocks warm always follow the countryside code. countryside the follow always
during July. Black Rock provides good habitat for adders and it is is it and adders for habitat good provides Rock Black July. during
Long Wood nature trail is 1km – 1km is trail nature Wood Long
the water will flood the valley before flowing down the gorge road. road. gorge the down flowing before valley the flood will water the When you are out exploring nature please make sure you you sure make please nature exploring out are you When places to see adders and common lizards as they bask on the the on bask they as lizards common and adders see to places
or the dark green fritillary flying low and fast across the hillside hillside the across fast and low flying fritillary green dark the or
lower end of Cheddar Gorge. Occasionally after exceptional rain fall fall rain exceptional after Occasionally Gorge. Cheddar of end lower
of bare ground and the nearby dry-stone walls are often good good often are walls dry-stone nearby the and ground bare of Complex follow the red way-marked posts from Black Rock entrance. Rock Black from posts way-marked red the follow how to join Somerset Wildlife Trust. Wildlife Somerset join to how
such as the common blue nectaring on flowers from May onwards onwards May from flowers on nectaring blue common the as such
The stream which flows underground here will finally emerge at the the at emerge finally will here underground flows which stream The
tolerate the difficult conditions and gain a foothold. These areas areas These foothold. a gain and conditions difficult the tolerate
Black Rock long nature trail is 2.4km – 2.4km is trail nature long Rock Black about information me send Please member. a not am I
o of thorny scrub & grassland at stop 3. Here you may spot butterflies butterflies spot may you Here 3. stop at grassland & scrub thorny of
On the right hand side of the path at stop 4 is Long Wood swallet. swallet. Wood Long is 4 stop at path the of side hand right the On sandwort, alpine pennycress & bladder campion are able to to able are campion bladder & pennycress alpine sandwort,
Once over the stile you will begin to climb uphill towards an area area an towards uphill climb to begin will you stile the over Once
Kestrel Award Kestrel
follow the green way-marked posts from Black rock entrance. rock Black from posts way-marked green the follow The Complex comprises three individual nature
areas. A specialised community of plants including spring spring including plants of community specialised A areas.
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Black Rock short nature trail is 1.6km – 1.6km is trail nature short Rock Black
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It takes a long time for plants to colonise these inhospitable inhospitable these colonise to plants for time long a takes It reserves each with its own unique character
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junction, take the right hand path. hand right the take junction,
lead slag, the waste material left over from the smelting process. process. smelting the from over left material waste the slag, lead and wildlife. All of the nature reserves are Sites There are way-marked trails to help you explore these reserves. these explore you help to trails way-marked are There how many different colours of flower you can find. can you flower of colours different many how
lead to ‘badger gates’ built into the walls. The path descends to a T T a to descends path The walls. the into built gates’ ‘badger to lead
The areas of bare ground that the path crosses are mounds of of mounds are crosses path the that ground bare of areas The of Special Scientific Interest which provides Hedgehog Award Award Hedgehog – Look carefully in the grassland, see grassland, the in carefully Look –
Water, in 1998. in Water,
below to find out more. out find to below
There are numerous animal paths in this part of the wood; some will will some wood; the of part this in paths animal numerous are There protection to the plants and animals found there.
to their foraging grounds. foraging their to
since 1975 and was purchased from the former owners, Bristol Bristol owners, former the from purchased was and 1975 since Wildlife Trust try our Kestrel award. Just tick the boxes boxes the tick Just award. Kestrel our try Trust Wildlife common mikwort and wild thyme. wild and mikwort common of the increased light levels created by thinning of the woodland. woodland. the of thinning by created levels light increased the of
able to spot their well worn paths leading through the grassland grassland the through leading paths worn well their spot to able
Velvet Bottom has been managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust Trust Wildlife Somerset by managed been has Bottom Velvet If you are aged eight and above and a member of Somerset Somerset of member a and above and eight aged are you If survive on these dry limestone soils such as common rock rose, rose, rock common as such soils limestone dry these on survive
In the area around stop 3 wild raspberries are taking advantage advantage taking are raspberries wild 3 stop around area the In
There is an extensive badger sett in this area and you may be be may you and area this in sett badger extensive an is There
Your next challenge next Your is still much evidence to be found of the site’s industrial heritage. heritage. industrial site’s the of found be to evidence much still is
opposite, this species rich grassland has many plants adapted to to adapted plants many has grassland rich species this opposite,
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have existed at this spot when the lead works were in operation. operation. in were works lead the when spot this at existed have
& scrub. The reserve has a long history of lead mining and there there and mining lead of history long a has reserve The scrub. & Stop 2 is at the stone stile. Take a look at the south facing slope slope facing south the at look a Take stile. stone the at is 2 Stop
difficult to imagine the bleak industrial landscape that would would that landscape industrial bleak the imagine to difficult
reserve is mostly rough grassland with small areas of woodland woodland of areas small with grassland rough mostly is reserve
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north alongside the boundary wall. boundary the alongside north
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are the remains of the buildings used to smelt the lead ore, it is is it ore, lead the smelt to used buildings the of remains the are
reserve can be seen from the main path. The 17 hectare (42 acre) acre) (42 hectare 17 The path. main the from seen be can reserve Somerset of wood anemone and yellow archangel. From here follow the path path the follow here From archangel. yellow and anemone wood of
Below the small woodland at the northern edge of the reserve reserve the of edge northern the at woodland small the Below
Taunton valley and is long and narrow in shape. Most of the the of Most shape. in narrow and long is and valley stone stile in the wall on your right. your on wall the in stile stone make a striking contrast of colours. You may also see smaller patches patches smaller see also may You colours. of contrast striking a make
34 Wellington Road Wellington 34 lies on the floor of a dry river river dry a of floor the on lies
when the valley floods. Follow the path beyond the quarry to a a to quarry the beyond path the Follow floods. valley the when Long wood is at its best in spring when the bluebells and wild garlic garlic wild and bluebells the when spring in best its at is wood Long poison called Colchicine. called poison
Trust, Wildlife Somerset to: Return
Velvet Bottom nature reserve reserve nature Bottom Velvet
that the valley bottom is dry except at times of very heavy rainfall rainfall heavy very of times at except dry is bottom valley the that only the pink crocus like flowers on display. The plant contains a a contains plant The display. on flowers like crocus pink the only
not remove any stones from the wall. the from stones any remove not
streams and rivers which form caves and tunnels. This is the reason reason the is This tunnels. and caves form which rivers and streams
saffron. In September the leaves of the plant die back leaving leaving back die plant the of leaves the September In saffron.
13th Century. 13th
boundary wall, can you spot any fossils? Please do Please fossils? any spot you can wall, boundary
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The vertical ‘joints’ drain rainwater away quickly into underground underground into quickly away rainwater drain ‘joints’ vertical The
the edge of the level areas contains the unusual plant, meadow meadow plant, unusual the contains areas level the of edge the
be traced back as far as the the as far as back traced be
Hedgehog Award Hedgehog – Look at the stones in the in stones the at Look –
see a section through the underlying limestone strata of the area. area. the of strata limestone underlying the through section a see
the species diversity on these levels. The bracken growing at at growing bracken The levels. these on diversity species the
history of the woodland can can woodland the of history
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300 million years ago in the carboniferous era. era. carboniferous the in ago years million 300 to possible is it where quarry former the is path the along Further
settle out of the water. The remaining high lead level reduces reduces level lead high remaining The water. the of out settle as the Orchid Slope. The The Slope. Orchid the as
underlying limestone rock was formed in a clear tropical sea around around sea tropical clear a in formed was rock limestone underlying
local water supply by allowing the harmful lead sediments to to sediments lead harmful the allowing by supply water local species rich grassland known known grassland rich species take photos of the different wildlife you spot. you wildlife different the of photos take ...... Address:
sea-lillies (Crinoids), molluscs and corals. This is evidence that the the that evidence is This corals. and molluscs (Crinoids), sea-lillies
They were designed to help prevent the contamination of the the of contamination the prevent help to designed were They
woodland and a small area of of area small a and woodland Hedgehog Award Hedgehog Whilst exploring the nature trails, nature the exploring Whilst –
be able to see fossils in the rocks of the dry-stone wall, including including wall, dry-stone the of rocks the in fossils see to able be
of dams and levels left over from the lead mining operations. operations. mining lead the from over left levels and dams of ...... Name:
acres) of ancient semi-natural semi-natural ancient of acres)
ferns including the rare limestone fern. limestone rare the including ferns At the top of the slope near the wooden bench is stop 2. You may may You 2. stop is bench wooden the near slope the of top the At
As you walk through the reserve you will encounter a series series a encounter will you reserve the through walk you As consists of 17 hectares (42 (42 hectares 17 of consists
closely at the wall you should be able to find lichens, mosses and and mosses lichens, find to able be should you wall the at closely
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purchased in 1998. The reserve reserve The 1998. in purchased 2.
the underground environment from disturbance. from environment underground the
volunteers at an average pace of three metres per day. If you look look you If day. per metres three of pace average an at volunteers
Water in 1969, until it was was it until 1969, in Water
& Hangover Hole, which have gated entrances in order to protect protect to order in entrances gated have which Hole, Hangover &
found across the Mendip landscape. This wall was rebuilt by by rebuilt was wall This landscape. Mendip the across found flourish. Follow the path bearing right up the slope. the up right bearing path the Follow flourish. your e-mail address below. address e-mail your
been leased from Bristol Bristol from leased been
There are two small caves alongside the valley path, Timber Hole Hole Timber path, valley the alongside caves small two are There
Opposite the limekiln is a dry-stone wall that is typical of those those of typical is that wall dry-stone a is limekiln the Opposite woodland plants and butterflies such as the silver washed fritillary to to fritillary washed silver the as such butterflies and plants woodland If you are happy for us to contact you by e-mail please add add please e-mail by you contact to us for happy are you If
oldest nature reserves having having reserves nature oldest
areas where beech trees have been removed the extra light allows allows light extra the removed been have trees beech where areas
harebell and carline thistle. carline and harebell
plateau to prevent the soil from turning more acidic. more turning from soil the prevent to plateau Trust’s Wildlife Somerset of one
trees, principally ash, oak and field maple with hazel under-storey. In In under-storey. hazel with maple field and oak ash, principally trees, Wildlife Trust and you’ll get a Hedgehog Award certificate. Award Hedgehog a get you’ll and Trust Wildlife
grasslands to flourish, including species such as rock stonecrop, stonecrop, rock as such species including flourish, to grasslands
as building mortar or was spread on the surrounding fields of the the of fields surrounding the on spread was or mortar building as is reserve nature Wood Long
them all fill out the form below and send it to Somerset Somerset to it send and below form the out fill all them Trust is gradually restoring the wood back to the original mix of of mix original the to back wood the restoring gradually is Trust many rock outcrops and thin soils which allow flower rich rich flower allow which soils thin and outcrops rock many
along with coal or charcoal to produce lime. This was used either either used was This lime. produce to charcoal or coal with along
whilst walking the nature trails; when you have completed completed have you when trails; nature the walking whilst
Gorge.
woodland was cleared and replanted with beech. Somerset Wildlife Wildlife Somerset beech. with replanted and cleared was woodland The south facing slopes at the western end of the reserve have have reserve the of end western the at slopes facing south The
taking place on site. It was used to heat the quarried limestone rock rock limestone quarried the heat to used was It site. on place taking
ways. See if you can complete the eight wildlife activities activities wildlife eight the complete can you if See ways.
grassland, woodland & rock outcrops at the head of Cheddar Cheddar of head the at outcrops rock & woodland grassland, stumps that are all that remains of the trees felled in 1948 when the the when 1948 in felled trees the of remains that all are that stumps
limekiln was built in 1929 whilst there was still active quarrying quarrying active still was there whilst 1929 in built was limekiln
lead working ceased in the 1880’s. the in ceased working lead
way to earn an award while exploring nature in different different in nature exploring while award an earn to way
It consists of 74 hectares (182 acres) of flower rich limestone limestone rich flower of acres) (182 hectares 74 of consists It uphill to stop 1. From here you may still be able to see some of the the of some see to able be still may you here From 1. stop to uphill
From the reserve entrance follow the path to stop1. The restored restored The stop1. to path the follow entrance reserve the From
grassland and woodland which has recolonized the site since the the since site the recolonized has which woodland and grassland
The Wildlife Watch Hedgehog Award is a simple and fun fun and simple a is Award Hedgehog Watch Wildlife The on behalf of the National Trust, who purchased the site in 1971. 1971. in site the purchased who Trust, National the of behalf on From the start of the trail near the reserve entrance follow the path path the follow entrance reserve the near trail the of start the From
The remains of this industrial past can still be seen amongst the the amongst seen be still can past industrial this of remains The 1 1
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around the Long Wood nature trail. nature Wood Long the around has been associated with lead mining since pre-Roman times. times. pre-Roman since mining lead with associated been has
and the red marker posts for the long trail. long the for posts marker red the and there. found animals and plants the to protection provides Hedgehog Award Hedgehog – Use the map to lead your group your lead to map the Use – The trail follows the path at the bottom of a long dry valley which which valley dry long a of bottom the at path the follows trail The
reserve entrance. Follow the green marker posts for the short trail trail short the for posts marker green the Follow entrance. reserve which Interest Scientific Special of Sites are reserves nature the
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Charterhouse and Ubley Warren nature reserve. nature Warren Ubley and Charterhouse marked with numbered stops at points of interest and begin at the the at begin and interest of points at stops numbered with marked of All wildlife. and character unique own its with each reserves
nature reserve, through Velvet Bottom nature reserve, to to reserve, nature Bottom Velvet through reserve, nature Both the short trail (1.6 km) and the long trail (2.4 km) are way- are km) (2.4 trail long the and km) (1.6 trail short the Both nature individual three comprises Complex Cheddar Trust’s stops at points of interest. of points at stops
This linear walk leads 1.7km (3.4km return) from Black Rock Rock Black from return) (3.4km 1.7km leads walk linear This There are two circular nature trails to follow in Black Rock reserve. reserve. Rock Black in follow to trails nature circular two are There Wildlife Somerset AONB, Hills Mendip the of heart the at Situated This circular walk (1 km) is way-marked in green with numbered numbered with green in way-marked is km) (1 walk circular This
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