Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve is a
Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of
Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester. It ...
in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...
. It is owned and managed by
Mid Sussex District Council.
The farm has woodland, wildflower meadows, grazed meadows, wetland and ancient hedgerows. The woodland has ancient
hornbeams and
wild service tree
''Sorbus torminalis'', with common names wild service tree, chequers, and checker tree, is a species of tree in the mountain ash or rowan genus (''Sorbus'') of the rose family (Rosaceae), that is native to Europe, parts of northern Africa and we ...
s, while wildflowers include the
yellow rattle.
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There is access from Maple Drive.][
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References
{{Local Nature Reserves in West Sussex
Local Nature Reserves in West Sussex