Hilly Fields, Colchester

Hilly Fields
Type Local Nature Reserve
Location Colchester, Essex
OS grid TL 987 255
Area 37.5 hectares
Managed by Colchester Borough Council

Hilly Fields is a 37.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester, Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.[1][2] It is also a scheduled monument as it is in a late Iron Age site and Roman Camulodunum.[3]

The site has diverse habitats of grassland, woods, hedges, scrub, ponds and marsh. The grassland is grazed by rabbits, and invertebrates include minotaur beetles and beewolf wasps. The woodland is mainly oak, ash and hawthorn, and the pond banks have reedmace and reed sweet-grass.[4]

There is access from Sussex Road.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hilly Fields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Hilly Fields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "An archaeological trial-trenching evaluation at St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex April 2013" (PDF). Colchester Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hilly Fields". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

Coordinates: 51°53′33″N 0°53′11″E / 51.8926°N 0.8863°E / 51.8926; 0.8863

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