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Address Bedford Rd, Kempston, Cople, Bedford MK44 3TN, UK Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hours Similar Blow's Down, Thorpe Wood, Lings Wood Nature R, Waresley and Gransden, Brampton Wood | ||
Cople Pits is a two hectare nature reserve in Cople in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
The site has eleven long water-filled pits from gravel extraction in the 1930s, which are now surrounded by willow and hawthorn scrub. The pits have been colonised by aquatic plants. Fauna include dragonflies, kingfishers and woodpeckers, and there is also a wildflower meadow.
There is access by a short footpath from Willington Road, adjacent to All Saints Road.
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