Hutton Roof Crags contains some of the best areas of limestone pavement in Britain, with a wealth of unusual plants and animals. Pavement occurs in a mosaic with woodland, scrub, grassland and…

An exceptionally diverse small island

An impressive island nature reserve, off Islandmagee, home to the third largest colony of cliff-nesting seabirds in Northern Ireland.

Ketton Quarry is very much still a working limestone site, but parts of the area have been reclaimed by nature. Grassland, scrub and woodland are starting to creep back in, making the most of the…

This reserve holds a rich flora that has regenerated on the site of old quarry workings and a number of small caves that provide a refuge for Horseshoe Bats and special invertebrates such as the…

Site of former stone quarries abandoned 100 years ago.

Rare willow tits, flower-rich meadows and industrial relics live in harmony in this green oasis which forms a crucial piece of the Wigan Greenheart.

A disused quarry, rich in animal life

A reserve on the west coast of south Kintyre, with plenty of interesting features and wildlife

One of the finest, ancient, semi-natural broad-leaved woodlands left in the Wye valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

A limestone grassland with the remains of a limestone kiln; a good place to see the locally rare Marble White butterfly

Old quarries with great botanical treasures.

A large tidal basin with sand dunes, coastal heath and pinewoods

Magnificent pink-red granite cliffs rising 60m above sea level

A quarry lying within Lord's Wood being colonised by various plant and moss species.

One of the best examples of semi-natural woodlands still surviving in the Clyde Valley

A small network of quarried underground tunnels

The crystal-clear waters of Martham Broad and its surrounding marshes are a haven for a variety of Broadland wildlife including dragonflies, ducks, otters and deer.

A disused railway track, now containing areas of grassland and woodland

A disused quarry now inhabited by many unusual plants and animals. Situated along the Monsal Trail its part of a string of nature reserves along the trail and a real treat just off the beaten…