Railway Land Nature Reserve, Lewes

This site in the heart of Lewes was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1995, saving it from development.

Nestling on the flood plain of the River Ouse, the Lewes Railway Land Nature Reserve consists of 25 acres of mixed habitats, including wet woodland, floodplain grassland, ponds and species rich drainage ditches, former fruit orchards and allotments and scrub areas.

The site extends to 60 acres if including the adjacent flood plain grassland meadows that owned by a local farmer and managed in partnership with the nature reserve.

Until 1989 the site was occupied by extensive railway sidings and the embankment of the former Lewes to Uckfield railway line.

For further information, please go to http://www.lewes.gov.uk/community/11008.asp or http://www.railwaylandproject.org/