The Stiperstones National Nature Reserve

The Stiperstones National Nature Reserve National Nature Reserves are our finest biological and geological sites. Most are open year round and free to visit. Enjoy exploring them.

The Stiperstones NNR includes the major part of the Stiperstones ridge in south Shropshire, near the Welsh border. This is a wild and atmospheric landscape, with a geology of national significance. The Ordovician ‘Stiperstones Quartzite’, which makes up the ridge was shattered during the last ice age to create the jagged, boulder-strewn landscape seen today. Common lizard and common frog live on t

he reserve and local birdlife includes red grouse red kite, skylark, raven and stonechat. Invertebrates range from armies of hairy wood ants, to magnificent green hairstreak butterflies and emperor moths. There is open and well-used public access to the reserve. The Stiperstones Stomp is an 8km path that takes in the sights of the ridge and surrounding countryside, while there are also a number of shorter alternative routes and a 650m all-ability trail.

An impressive showing of meadow waxcaps this year.
26/11/2025

An impressive showing of meadow waxcaps this year.

Notes from the Hill for November.
30/10/2025

Notes from the Hill for November.

21/08/2025
20/08/2025

Bat and moth evening this Friday

A great cake to celebrate the Stiperstones Landscape National Nature Reserve
15/08/2025

A great cake to celebrate the Stiperstones Landscape National Nature Reserve

14/08/2025

Today, 14th August 2025, the Stiperstones Landscape National Nature Reserve (NNR) will be launched at Nipstone Rock, near The Bog.

The NNR brings together a partnership of six landowning organisations, including Natural England, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shropshire Council, Linley Estate, Forestry England and Middle Marches Community Land Trust (MMCLT).

MMCLT own two reserves that will be included in the NNR: Norbury Hill and Minsterley Meadows, and we look forward to working with the partners across the NNR area.

The expanded NNR will cover 1562 Hectares of nationally rare upland habitats which includes a mix of lowland and upland heath, woodland, bog, mire and flush and acidic grasslands
Bringing these sites together under the banner of one NNR will aid nature recovery across and beyond these sites. The partners will work together to create a strategic management plan for all sites, which will better inform the existing site-based plans and set them in a wider and more ambitious context. More about this news on our website: https://middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk Photo of the Stiperstones (c) Lucy Gaze.

14/08/2025

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