Leap Valley (Bristol)

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Leap Valley is a hidden Open Space off Badminton Road. It is owned by South Gloucestershire Council and managed by the Friends Group. It forms part of a wildlife corridor linking the River Frome through to Emersons Green. The best ways to access it is through footpaths from Badminton Road (just along from the Methodist Church), Aintree Drive/Beverley Avenue on the David Wilson Estate or from Fouracre Crescent/Bury Hill View.

The Friends of Leap Valley have published a Nature Journal for this local site of nature conservation interest. This site is important for wildlife because it has such a variety of habitats - woodland with bluebells in the spring, wetland with snipe and water rail, a pond and stream, as well as lots of grassland and hedgerows. In the summer it is buzzing with life and on sunny days lots of bees and butterflies can be seen feeding on the flowers.