Welcome to Dawley Hamlets Local Nature Reserve

The Nature Reserve is a 38 hectare site situated in South Telford. This vast space spans across Dawley, Little Dawley and Aqueduct and it includes wooded pit mounds, open green spaces and pools:  Castle Pool and The Dandy to the North; a collection of pools to the South including Wide Waters and Furnace Pools and Sprynge Pool to the South West. The area also includes Parish Mound in Dawley. We are home to newts, bats, and beautiful birds along with rare species of fungus, an array of wild flowers and various tree varieties.