Category:Purewell Meadows Local Nature Reserve

Purewell Meadows Local Nature Reserve, Christchurch, is a 14 hectare nature reserve comprising a series of wet meadows within the River Avon floodplain. The reserve is divided into two areas; 4 hectares of public open space and 10 hectares of a more secluded Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with no public access. The complex system of fields and ditches presents a range of plant habitats including wet acidic grassland over peat and more neutral damp grassland which are an integral component of the meadows of the Avon Valley. Part of the site was declared a Local Nature Reserve in July 2005.