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Things to see and do at Dawley Hamlets Local Nature Reserve:
The site supports a network of wooded pit mounds, large expanses of open water and includes an extensive network of footpaths with Castle Pool and The Dandy to the north.
There is a collection of pools to the south including Wide Waters, Furnace Polls and The Sprynge Pool to the south west.
The site supports a diverse bat assemblage with five species known to use the site.
An unnamed pool to the south of Wide Waters supports the only known site in the borough for Mare's-tail, a rare aquatic plant decreasing in range across Shropshire. Furnace Pools is also known to support the largest recorded population of great crested newts in the borough.
How to get there:
Castle Pool, The Dandy and Wide Waters can be accessed from the small car park at View Road, Little Dawley, TF4 3HR.