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Mowbray Fields

Coordinates: 51°35′42″N 1°14′46″W / 51.595°N 1.246°W / 51.595; -1.246
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Mowbray Fields
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TypeLocal Nature Reserve
Location, Oxfordshire
OS gridSU 523 887
Area2.2 hectares (5.4 acres)
Managed byEarth Trust

Mowbray Fields is a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Didcot in Oxfordshire. It is owned by South Oxfordshire District Council and managed by the Earth Trust.[1][2]

This nature reserve next to the Hagbourne Brook has a wildflower meadow, a disused railway embankment, a pond and wetland. There are many common spotted and southern marsh orchids, and more than 200 species of invertebrates.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mowbray Fields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Map of Mowbray Fields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

51°35′42″N 1°14′46″W / 51.595°N 1.246°W / 51.595; -1.246