A series of traditionally managed fields around the buildings of Chancellor’s Farm and providing an outstanding example of some of the flower rich grassland communities associated with the higher…

Two SWT reserves make up the Cheddar Complex; Long Wood and Velvet Bottom. The complex offers a chance to explore the desolate beauty of the Mendip Hills. The remote landscape is fractured with…

An area between Axbridge and Cheddar, these fields were once used to grow strawberries, but since being abandoned they have reverted either to woodland while others are now being managed as…

The steeply sloping higher ground to the west supports dry grassland species whereas the low damp east side supports a range of waterside plants. Also look out for evidence of Medieval and Roman…

Cooks Field is a flower rich limestone grassland on steep slopes and traditional hay meadows on the higher and flatter ground. It is an important site for grassland butterflies.

The mature woodland here is predominantly beech and oak and with some impressively large and ancient trees. Some of the largest beech trees grow on the old hedge banks which line the ancient drove…

Photographers and serious naturalists alike love Draycott Sleights for the rich variety of wildlife and spectacular panoramic views across the Somerset Levels as far as Dorset, Exmoor and South…

A mosaic of flower rich calcareous grassland, scrub and ancient oak woodland on an isolated hill capped with an Iron Age fort with views across the Somerset Levels and Moors.

A plant rich grassland covering several fields renowned for its variety of orchids. There is also an area of wet woodland adjacent to the Mells River.

Sadly this broadleaved woodland is badly affected by ash die back. This means that the ash trees are not in good health, they and their limbs are prone to failing and falling. We do not recommend…