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Mill Pond Meadow
Information about the Mill Pond Conservation Area
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Wildflower meadow 2022 -
Interpretation board -
Mill wheel in place -
New planting, 2019. -
Tree planting, winter 2019. -
Log piles are left as a wildlife resource. -
Consulting with the Wildlife Trust 2018. -
The mill field in 1985.
In 2016 the Wintle family, who were long-term residents of Potterspury, very kindly made a gift of a two-acre plot of land to the village.
Formerly the village mill pond, this meadow is at the back of Meadow View, bordered by the play area, the fields and the brook, as well as the old mill houses.
Since the demise of the mill in the mid-20th century, the field has been grazed, but more recently has been left wild and is in overgrown in parts, with crack willows, a few mature ash trees, and rushes edging the brook.
The Parish Council consulted the local Wildlife Trust and has installed a bridge over the brook which will ultimately provide public access. Over the past couple of years we have carried out a programme of planting new trees, clearing overstood crack willow to ensure that the brook runs free and trying to clear some of the nettles to make way for a wildflower meadow.
Finally in 2022, after two difficult summers when the weather was variously too hot or too cold, the wildflower meadow came to life and we opened the area to the village.