Alvecote Country Park | nature reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest - SSSI (UK)

 park, nature reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest - SSSI (UK)

The 62.5 hectare site contains several pools caused by mining subsidence and is situated on the Coventry Canal.
Pooley Fields Nature Reserve as a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI covers 26 hectares of this site and is leased by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust from Warwickshire County Council.
The site was open farmland until it was affected by coal mining from the nearby Pooley Hall colliery.
Pooley Fields has a wonderful range of habitats including open water, marsh and wet woodland as well as grassland and birch woodland on the drier areas.

entrance from Robeys Lane
Alvecote
Shuttington
North Warwickshire
B78 1AS

Entrance hours for public:
March - September 08.00am - 06.30pm
October - February 08.00am - 04.00pm

Tel. 01827 897509 warden enquiries

www.warwickshire-wildlife-trust.org.uk/home/nature-rese...
tinyurl.com/pooley