Hunsdon And Eastwick Meads Hmwt Nature Reserve

One of the finest surviving meadows in Hertfordshire, farmed in the same way for hundreds of years, where orchids and other wildflowers thrive.

An area of common land between the River Stort and the Stort Navigation, this is one of the finest surviving unimproved grassland sites in the county. In April and May it is yellow with cowslips and marsh marigolds, followed by yellow rattle, ragged robin and lady's smock. Green-winged orchids grow here and skylarks breed.