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Biodiversity

A refuge for wildlife

Bridge End Garden was a private garden until 1918, when it became open to the public.  Management will have varied over time, but it has been in constant use as a garden since the early 1800s.

 

The Garden is mostly managed without chemicals. The trees, shrubberies, hedges, herbaceous borders, ponds, meadows and lawns all provide a mosaic of different habitat types and offer a refuge for wildlife on the edge of the town and in the wider intensively farmed landscape. 

 

Survey data has revealed a broad range of over 200 species of insects, birds, amphibians, bats and other mammals in the Garden and surrounding areas, including protected species such as the great crested newt.

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With thanks to Jerry Lanfear for the following images of invertebrates and fungi photographed in the Garden.

 

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The Friends of Bridge End Gardens was initiated in 1998 and formally registered as a charity in 2000. Charity Registration Number: 1083455

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