Nature Alive

Nature Alive
Type Local Nature Reserve
Location Coalville, Leicestershire
OS grid SK 423 151
Area 5.7 hectares (14 acres)
Managed by North West Leicestershire District Council

Nature Alive is a 5.7 hectares (14 acres) Local Nature Reserve northern outskirts of Coalville in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by North West Leicestershire District Council.[1][2]

This site was formerly a coal stocking yard for Snibston Colliery, and it now has diverse habitats such as woodland, ponds, a wildflower meadow, rough pasture and hedges. Fauna include water voles and great crested newts.[1][3]

There is access from Stephenson Way and Brunel Way.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nature Alive". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Nature Alive". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Coalville's Green Spaces" (PDF). North West Leicestershire District Council. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°43′55″N 1°22′30″W / 52.732°N 1.375°W / 52.732; -1.375

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