Holt Copse & Joel Park

Local Nature Reserve in Berkshire, England

Holt Copse & Joel Park


Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Wokingham, Berkshire
OS grid	SU 804 693
Area	5.3 hectares (13 acres)
Managed by	Wokingham Town Council and Holt Copse Conservation Volunteers

Holt Copse & Joel Park is a 5.3-hectare (13-acre) Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Wokingham in Berkshire. It is owned by Wokingham Town Council and managed by the council and Holt Copse Conservation Volunteers.^[1]^[2]

Geography and site

The total area of the park and copse is 9.3 hectares (23 acres) in size, with the LNR being 5.2 hectares (13 acres) of this area.^[2]^[3] Holt Copse is an ancient semi-natural woodland.^[4] The copse itself is 2.7 hectares (6.7 acres) in area.^[4]

Holt Copse lies on the geological change from Bagshot beds to London Clay.^[4]

History

In 2002 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Wokingham Borough Council.^[1]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:^[1]^[5]

Mammals

Common noctule

Invertebrates

Speckled wood

Flora

The site has the following flora:^[4]^[3]^[6]

Trees

Acer campestre
Corylus avellana
Ilex aquifolium
Quercus robur
Sorbus aucuparia

Plants

Cardamine pratensis
Hyacinthoides non-scripta

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Holt Copse & Joel Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Holt Copse & Joel Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Wokingham Town Council | Parks". Wokingham-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Holt Copse – Holt Copse Conservation Volunteers". Hccv.weebly.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Holt Copse – Wokingham in Bloom". Wokinghaminbloom.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Progress 2014–15 – Holt Copse Conservation Volunteers". Hccv.weebly.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.