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THE COTSWOLD ESCARPMENT
Crickley Hill Country Park lies just a few miles beyond Leckhampton on the Cotswold scarp. It offers wonderful views over the Gloucester Vale as well as 143 acres of grassland and beech woods with a number of trails.
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With over 200 species of wild flower, 34 species of butterfly, and a wide range of other invertebrates, Crickley Hill is an excellent area for the study of wildlife and ecology. It is the home of a rare species of the Wall butterfly found mostly on the cliffs in the coastal areas of Britain.
It is also an important geological as well as archaelogical site with its own Iron Age hillfort. Visitor’s centre is open daily from April to end of Sept. The country park is jointly owned and managed by the National Trust and Gloucestershire County Council.
Contact :
Tel. 01452 425666 or 01452 863170
countryparks@gloucestershire.gov.uk
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