The Netherfield Wildlife Group

The Trust was set up in 2005 to take over the ownership of the Lagoons from UK Coal, after they became redundant with the closure of Gedling Pit. The Trust then applied to English Nature to have the site designated as a Local Nature Reserve, so that its importance as a wildlife site would be [...] [...]

A Local Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire Aerial View of Netherfield Lagoons, Local Nature Reserve, Nottingham The Netherfield Lagoons, Local Nature Reserve is situated on the Trent Valley Flood Plain in Nottinghamshire and has been partly used as a dump for coal slurry but with two remaining gravel ponds. The two slurry pits are separated by a raised [...] [...]