Eastfield Road Railway Embankment
Parish: North Killingholme
OS: 113 • GR: TA 152171 • Map ref: 16
0.70 hectares (1.70acres) • Management agreement 1979
Habitat type: Scrub
Location and Access
This small site is situated on the railway embankment of Eastfield Road, North Killingholme. Due to the sensitivity of the site and the terms of the Trust's agreement to manage railway land, access is by special permit only.
Description and Management
The grassland of the reserve represents a type of habitat with specialised plant species that has all but disappeared through changing land use. Plants of interest include bee orchid, yellow-wort and restharrow, and over 50 species have been recorded.
Management consists of controlling scrub and annual autumn mowing.
