Buxford Meadow is adjacent to the Great Stour and a millstream for Buxford Mill flows through it. The site consists of a wet meadow with white willow, crack willow and goat willow. In the middle of the meadow there is a pond whose margins consist predominantly of reedmace, the pond supports a diverse array of wildlife including common frogs, toads and smooth newts. Twelve species of dragonfly have been recorded at the site (25% of all UK species) and 54 moth species including the nationally notable Webbs Wainscot, whose caterpillars develop in reedmace. The site is also ideal for small mammals - field vole and pygmy shrew have been recorded in the grassland and woodmouse and bank vole in the woodland. There is an area of wet woodland incorporating ash, alder, english oak and grey willow. The wet glades support large areas of water mint. The Stour Valley Walk passes through the wood leading to Great Chart and beyond.

Facilities

Car park (at nearby Singleton Lake).

Access Information

Gradient: Flat.

Surfaces:  
Un-surfaced, muddy path through woods (Stour Valley Walk).
Un-surfaced, grassy path around meadow.

Resting places: No benches on site.

Hazards: Open water. Waterlogged ground and flooding in winter.

Additional information: Entrance to the site from Bucksford Lane is narrow, with adverse camber and leads to a small wooden footbridge. Stour Valley Walk leads across footbridge through woodland. There is also a path around the meadow. 

Links:
To Great Chart North - follow Stour Valley Walk west (through woods and via underpass under A28).
To Singleton Lake - follow Stour Valley Walk east, cross Buxford Lane.