Cannop Ponds

Cannop Ponds is located in Gloucestershire
Cannop Ponds
Cannop Ponds
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Cannop Ponds, within Gloucestershire.
Cannop Ponds
Lower Cannop Pond in the midwinter

Cannop Ponds (grid reference SO608106) are two large ponds, just north of Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The ponds, and surrounding area, are a popular tourist destination.[1]

An area of reeds above the top pond, known as 'Cannop Bridge Marsh', is a nature reserve managed (under agreement since 1983) by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.[2]

Bridge at Cannop Ponds

The site (Cannop Bridge Marsh and Cannop Ponds & Woods) are listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).[3]

  1. ^ Forestry England web page for Cannop Ponds
  2. ^ Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust web site page for Cannop Bridge Marsh
  3. ^ Forest of Dean District Local Plan Review, adopted November 2005, Appendix D 'Nature Conservation Site Designations Within the Forest of Dean District', Key Wildlife Sites Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine