Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve is 150 acres of old farmland situated in the parish of Southwick, just on the western edge of Wiltshire’s County Town of Trowbridge. It lies to the west of the A361 between Trowbridge and Southwick, and its north east boundary is Lambrok Stream. The main entrance and car park is at the bottom of Firs Hill.
Southwick’s country park became a Local Nature Reserve in January of 2021, its purpose to improve local biodiversity and habitat, and to provide the people of Southwick and Trowbridge access to their countryside and the wildlife they share it with. The reserve is a place of species-rich hay meadows, a rare and declining habitat now, criss-crossed by ancient boundaries and pathways. There are newly-established coppices planted around centuries-old veteran trees, recently excavated backwaters and old ponds alongside the Lambrok and its tributary stream.
Visitors, their children and their dogs are welcome in the reserve. There is a central gravelled path, a kilometre or so, suitable for buggies, toddlers on bikes, and wheelchairs. There are benches at regular intervals for those of a more contemplative frame of mind and there is a maze of mown grass paths through the fields and woods.
Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve 