NEW INTERPRETATION BOARDS AT LOCAL NATURE RESERVE
Shrewsbury Town Council has installed new interpretation boards at five locations across its Rea Brook Valley Local Nature Reserve to help guide visitors around the site.
The Town Council looks after over twenty sites around the town, ranging from large Local Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest to small Community Woodlands.
The Town Council’s largest site is the Rea Brook Valley Nature Reserve which runs east and south from the centre of town and can be accessed from many places along its route, including Sutton Farm, Meole Brace, the Shirehall and Shrewsbury Abbey.
Matt Wilcoxon, countryside and greenspace manager for the Town Council, said: “We have a fantastic open space at the Rea Brook Valley which has a wealth of history. We thought it would be a good idea to put the site into context with the various uses the Rea Brook Valley has seen over the centuries and these five boards will help to achieve that.
“The boards will help to guide visitors around the site, as well as highlighting the many interesting facets of history associated with the area and the wildlife to look out for.
“There are leaflets and a map available for the area from the Shropshire Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Abbey Foregate which will be available to collect once they’re open again. Visitors can start their walk from the fields to the rear of Cineworld.”
Details of all of the Town Council’s Countryside Unit open spaces can be found at www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk
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