Lightmoor Nature Reserve

Lightmoor lies on the fringes of urban Telford, surrounded by the thriving communities of Lightmoor village and Doseley. Look around as you walk and you will see the history of this place. Heaps of coal, clay and ironstone waste from the 18th century mines were piled onto the medieval field patterns, and tracks, tramways and an early canal cut across the landscape. The network of lanes which once connected the brick kilns and blast furnaces leads you into small patches of countryside which escaped the industrial revolution around them.

Activity examples:

Natural Playscape, Storyboard Trail, creative writing, stream dipping, tree investiagations, bug hunting, pond dipping, habitat investigations, natural art, sensory explorers, John Muir Award (environmental award for KS2 upwards).