Pictures:
Top - The abandoned peat cuttings. Middle - Acorns in the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve. Bottom - Woodland at the edge of the nature reserve.
Exploring the Moors
Just to the North of the village are Thorne, Goole, Crowle and Hatfield Moors, which together make up one of the country’s largest areas of lowland raised bog. The abandoned peat cuttings, which once blighted the landscape, are now returning to their natural state – as part of the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve.
The southern edge of the reserve is easily accessible through a wooded area just beyond the River Torne and within a short walk of the village – an ideal place to discover rare plants, insects and animals - including rare species of dragonfly.
In the summer of 2004, a new 45 mile circular footpath route was launched. It includes the first permissive paths across the Moors, and has as its symbol the Nightjar (which appears as a route marker along all the paths, because the moors are the most northerly stronghold of this rare bird.
The edge of the Moors and the nature reserve are only a short walk from Wroot High Street, which makes Brook Lodge Country Cottage an ideal place to begin exploring.
Further locations available via the menu above.