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.

Ringdown is a species-rich flush mire, wet grassland and wet woodland reserve on the Blackdown Hills. The water seeping up here flows into the River Culm which is the longest tributary of the…

Limestone grassland reserve on west facing slopes with areas of mixed scrub and woodland great for wildflowers and butterflies. Gilling Down is adjacent to New Hill, Tannager and Great Breach Wood…

One of a series of Trust reserves where you can explore the Polden Hills, a low narrow ridge of Blue Lias stretching from Puriton in the west to Street in the east. It comprises of two blocks of…

Westhay Moor is part of the mystical Avalon Marshes within Somerset's historic Levels and Moors. It provides a home for rare wildlife and a unique insight into thousands of years of shifting…

A mainly wet grassland site with woodland fringes on a steep north-facing slope on the Blackdown Hills; access is best gained by parking at NT Wellington Monument which you pass on the walk down…

Langford Heathfield is the Trust's second largest reserve. The mixture of ancient and secondary woodland, scrub, heathland and open rides cut into the woodland provides a great habitat for a…

A mire is an area of swampy or boggy ground; Brimley Hill is a delightful spring-line mire site hidden away on the Blackdown Hills surrounded by woodland.

Part of a network of SWT reserves in the East Polden Hills, Great Breach Wood is a wonderfully diverse woodland with wildlife rich scrub and many glades and rides.

This wet and wild nature reserve provides rich rewards for visitors prepared to take their time and who don't mind a bit of mud!<br />