For landscape historians old maps are like ancient parchments that can be peeled back to reveal the past. Early OS maps are a good place to start.
The new Coldwell Reserve is located on a drumlin, a relict of ice age glaciers which left here 18,000 years ago.
A geotrail links the Landscape Trust at Coldwell with neighbouring reserves and conservation friends at Natural England, the RSPB and AONB.
Colin Peacock explains why meadows are like loaves, how ‘improvement’ has two very different meanings, and how value and beauty go hand-in-hand.