Bradley and Dixon Woods is a local nature reserve near the town of

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...

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. It is owned and managed by

North East Lincolnshire Council North East Lincolnshire Council is the local authority of North East Lincolnshire. It is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It was established follow ...

. It is composed of ancient woodland, meadows, ponds and bird feeding sites, and is located south-west of Grimsby and south of the village of

Bradley Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English. Like many English surnames Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular. It is also an Anglicisation of t ...

; the site is bounded to the north by Woodlands Farm and Bradley Woodlands Independent Hospital. The LNR can be accessed by the public via the B1444 off the

A46 road The A46 is a major A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway developmen ...

. The woods are the subject of local

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{{Local Nature Reserves in Lincolnshire Local Nature Reserves in Lincolnshire Borough of North East Lincolnshire