Abington Meadows | |
Type: | Nature reserve |
Grid Ref Uk: | SP 791 608 |
Location: | Northampton |
Area: | 9.6 hectares |
Manager: | Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |
Abington Meadows is a 9.6hectare nature reserve in Northampton. It is owned by Northamptonshire County Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]
This is marshy grassland with diverse wildlife. 421 species of invertebrates have been recorded, and flora include great burnet, purple loosestrife and the nationally rare pennyroyal. There are birds such as snipe.[1]
There is access from Weston Mill Lane and the Nene Way footpath.