Honeygar

Honeygar

Michael Holman

Honeygar

Honeygar, Westhay

Honeygar is located between the Trust’s Westhay Moor NNR, Westhay Heath and Catcott nature reserves in the Avalon Marshes, one of the largest and most important wetland areas in the UK. The site comprises 81 hectares of intensively grazed farmland backing onto the River Brue, a 200-year-old farmhouse, and a collection of sheds and outbuildings, and was previously a dairy farm. 

Honeygar is perfectly situated to connect the Trust’s existing nature reserves and those of our Avalon Marshes partner organisations, and also strengthen Somerset’s Nature Recovery Network by linking the Levels and Moors to the Mendips in the north, west to Bridgwater Bay and Somerset’s coast, and to South Somerset.

Honeygar will be the Trust's first ‘wilded’ site - managed very differently to our nature reserves and a major project for the Trust, which will happen over many years. Over time, we hope it will become a place which inspires those who visit, whether other landowners, local people or visitors from further afield. 

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Honeygar

Michael Holman

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Honeygar

Michael Holman

Introducing Honeygar

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We took on Honeygar to learn about what works, and to create an exemplar of nature-based solutions, a site where we could demonstrate and share our ideas with others to inspire and stimulate change
Georgia Dent
Chief Executive Officer. April 2023

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