Our Nature Reserves Across the UK

Where We Work

Our UK rewilding sites, nature
reserves, wild spaces and some of our brilliant partners.

Make It Wild has been creating nature reserves in the United Kingdom since 2010, and there are now nineteen Make It Wild sites given over to rewilding and wildlife conservation. Our foundations are in Yorkshire, where we have reserves in the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales, along with sites in Nidderdale near Harrogate and others close to York. Working in partnership with landowners, we have since added reserves in Aberdeenshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, and over the coming years we will keep extending that reach across the country. Explore the map below for more about each reserve, or to find the one nearest to you, and hear some of our business partners describe why they chose to work with us.

Scotland
Squirrel

ACTA, Aberdeenshire

Carbon Offsetting through Christmas Tree Adoption

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Harrogate
Bluebells in Elknowle Wood

Bank Woods, North Yorkshire

We were delighted to acquire this 111 acre (45 ha) site at Bank Woods, just outside Summerbridge, near Harrogate, in 2017. With its steep gradients, and varying habitats, we knew it had wonderful potential for rewilding.

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Harrogate

Bank Wood Barn, North Yorkshire

A uniquely wild venue for your meeting.

Our unique meeting venues are set in private grounds of 110 acres, which is a designated Site of Importance for Nature Conservation.

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Lincolnshire
Shot of a hilly area with fields and trees

Bramall Farm, Lincolnshire

Bramall Farm is focused on progressive land management that places nature recovery at the centre of commercial agriculture.

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North York Moors

Chop Gate Woodpasture, North Yorkshire

Early in 2024 we became custodians of this lovely 65 acre site.

It starts on the bank of the River Seph, with lots of wonderful veteran trees. There are also some spectacular old trees alongside Breck Gill, and in our other ghylls too.

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Norfolk

Covenhope, Norfolk

Covenhope is one of Make it Wild's UK-wide network of sites. All these sites are managing their land for nature; creating and improving habitat; supporting ecological restoration and biodiversity in a variety of ways.

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Harrogate
Wide shot of a field with saplings

Dacre Woodlands, North Yorkshire

Just across the Nidd valley from Bank Woods are our young woodlands on Dacre Lane, which total just over 5 acres.

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Harrogate

Dowgill Grange, North Yorkshire

In September 2019, we were delighted to acquire 44 acres of land called Dowgill Grange. This land adjoins Bank Woods, and has its own access from the B6165 just south of Summerbridge, Nidderdale.

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South Yorkshire
Field show with bushy trees and tree saplings

Fraser Farms, North Yorkshire

Fraser Farms is one of Make it Wild‘s UK-wide network of sites. All these sites are managing their land for nature; creating and improving habitat; supporting ecological restoration and biodiversity in a variety of ways.

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