Stile into the meadow
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Stile into the meadow
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 6 Apr 2011
This stone stile gives access to the top fields of Ladderedge Country Park, these fields are managed as hay meadows to encourage wild flowers. The fields at the top of Ladderedge Country Park and the ones on the Barnfields section are managed as hay meadows in the traditional way; the grass isn't mown until late July allowing flowering plants to produce seed. The ground is then 'aftermath' grazed which allows the seeds to be trampled into the ground, this also makes them more flower-rich than the two main fields that are managed as pasture land and are grazed by cattle from the end of May until the end of October.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.091209
Longitude
-2.052669