Ratby, Orchard Meadow
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Taverner Drive, at the junction with Station Road.
Public open space.
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This open space borders Taverner Drive and incorporates the Ratby Community Orchard. The orchard has many varieties of apple trees and sits within a fenced area. Most of the site is grassland, now managed as a meadow, with a mown meandering path to provide access. The long northern boundary has an excellent native hedge and includes several mature trees.
The wildflowers along the hedge boundary attract many pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies. In Spring, short-growing flowers such as Slender Speedwell (image below) can be found in the grassland before they get crowded out by taller vegetation.
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