Smalley Hill
Location
New Works
OS Map Reference
SJ 66215 08383
Know before you go
Parking information
Park in the small layby off Church Lane.Grazing animals
On surrounding fields- please keep dogs on leads.Access
A public right of way is accessible from the main gate, just off Church Lane, New Works.
Dogs
When to visit
Opening times
Open at all timesBest time to visit
Throughout the yearAbout the reserve
This old land fill site is now a popular local walking spot, overlooking Telford. A mosaic of grasslands, ponds and hedgerows. The site consists of neutral, ephemeral and rough grassland where localised stands of soft rush and tufted hair grass occur. Mosses Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Brachythecium rutabulum are also abundant and great crested newts live in the ponds, along with a variety of dragonflies. Kestrels can often been seen hunting over the site for field voles and wood mice.
The fields are grazed annually between the periods Sept - February.
A public right of way and bridleway crosses the reserve and access is available at all times.
The management of Smalley Hill has been made possible thanks to the support of Veolia.