Group Visits at Whitehall Meadows and Bingley Island

Dating back to the Doomsday period this one of a few areas of riverside grassland that has not been treated with weedkillers or fertilisers, which means that a wide variety of species can thrive. The meadows are characterised by damp-loving grassland plant species and bats, snails, common repitles, dragonfiles, damselflies and butterflies are just some of the wildlife that has been seen in the meadows. In the long term, we hope to graze the meadows to improve the grassland species and provide a more interesting and active landscape. We are working closely with the neighbouring landowners to graze the area effectively and hope to see the reappearance of species such as the marsh orchid and ragged robin.

Victorian Canterbury-born Thomas Sidney Cooper painted southern English landscapes of cattle and sheep grazing on the north bank of the River Stour immediately upstream of Westgate Gardens, Canterbury.

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Free entry

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