Top Lodge

Top Lodge is a former mill pond and is now part of the Yarrow Valley Country Park nature conservation area.

Longworth Clough

A wooded valley along the Belmont or Eagley Brook that is designated as the Longworth Clough Nature Reserve.

Leighton Moss

Leighton Moss is based around the largest reed bed in northwest England.

Brockholes Nature Reserve

Brockholes Nature Reserve is a stunning wildlife haven located near Preston in Lancashire, nestled along the banks of the River Ribble.

Ball Grove Park

A small park around the Mill Pond beside the site of the old Ball Grove Tannery.

Upper Ball Grove Lodge

The old mill lodge provides a home for many species of wild birds. The ever present mallards and black-headed gulis can be seen. And in winter transient species such as the beautiful and colourful goosanders and tufted ducks can be found.

Mere Sands Wood

Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is a captivating natural oasis located in Lancashire, England.

Formby Nature Reserve

Glorious beach with dramatic sand dunes, surrounded by sweeping coastal pinewoods.

Rodley Nature Reserve

In a city as crowded as Leeds you might be surprised to find a place so green and full of life.

RSPB St Aidan's

If you're looking for a nature reserve to explore in Leeds, look no further than RSPB St Aidan's.

RSPB St Aidan's

RSPB St Aidan's, located in West Yorkshire, is a remarkable nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

RSPB Fairburn Ings

RSPB Fairburn Ings, situated in the Aire Valley near Castleford in West Yorkshire, is a celebrated nature reserve.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), located in West Bretton, West Yorkshire, is an internationally renowned open-air gallery.

Ousel Nest Quarry

A disused quarry from the 19th Century now a Local Nature Reserve.

Doffcocker Lodge

Nob End SSSI

A tiny, post-industrial area now returned to nature and given a deserved SSSI status.

Leverhulme Park

The largest park in Bolton with open areas, grassland, play area and sports facilities.

Aspull Sough

The Haigh Sough was driven into the rock to reach mines on the local Kings and Cannel coal seams in 1657 by Sir Roger Brandshaigh to provide drainage. The sough was later extended eastward in the 19th Century.

Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve

The Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve is managed by a partnership between Wigan Council and The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside as part of a wider initiative called Greenheart.

Pennington Flash

A nature reserve in Wigan based around the lake of Pennington Flash and surrounding woodland.

Redisher Wood

A woodland nature reserve and hiking area along the Holcombe Brook.

Kersal Moor Local Nature Reserve

A local nature reserve on the historic site of the first Manchester Race Cours, the first game of the Manchester Golf Club and the great Chartist rallies of 1838-39.

Chorlton Water Park

Former gravel pits converted to a country park and nature reserve around a central pond.

Sale Water Park

Sale Water Park is a 62 hectare green-space which incorporates a large lake which was formed with the construction of the M60 motorway.

Broad Dole Ees

Broad Dole Ees is a peaceful and picturesque area located in Sale, a town in Greater Manchester.

Chorlton Ees and Ivy Green LNR

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve

A lovely nature reserve along the track of an old railway line beside Scandal Beck.