Clophill Lakes

The Greensand Trust is delighted to offer a new Nature Reserve at Clophill Lakes featuring otters, sand martins and colourful dragonflies in the wetlands, and skylarks and wildflowers in the grassland areas. We are now open daily (9am to 6pm) providing public access in a sensitive and sustainable manner which conserves and enhances these emerging habitats, whilst enabling visitors to share in the benefits this very special environment provides.

Please note: dogs on lead and cashless payment only. No cycling or fishing.

Find us at Shefford Road, Beadlow, Beds SG17 5TR

Many sat nav systems are taking visitors to Webber Close in Shefford which has a similar postcode SG17 5TA - please search using our name or use the What3words app 'twice/half/protrude'. For more information on how to find us visit here.

Your ongoing support of our fundraising for the site is very much appreciated - please visit our Clophill Lakes Appeal

Clophill Lakes wins two awards!

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Clophill Lakes Nature Reserve has been voted by local people to win the Bedfordshire Choice Award in this year's CPRE Bedfordshire Awards.

More than 1,000 votes were cast by the people of Bedfordshire, with Clophill Lakes Nature Reserve picking up 20% of all the votes.

The CPRE website commented: The new nature reserve at Clophill Lakes has been developed by The Greensand Trust, with a very high level of volunteer involvement. The site is managed to maintain the valuable mosaic of wetland, grassland, open water and scrub habitats. Accessible paths and visitor facilities help make it a real community asset.

We are so grateful to everyone who voted for us!

As well as picking up the Bedfordshire Choice Award, Clophill Lakes also won the Keep It Wild category which celebrates projects that nurture nature, recognising groups that are working to improve biodiversity. Judges were particularly impressed by the amount of volunteer engagement and some of the challenges that had been overcome to get the reserve open to the public.

(Please note voting and judging for these awards took place before the recent arson attack at the site.)