Five Acres nature reserve

Habitat type: Woodland Size of Reserve 2ha (5acres) OS Map No. 105 Grid reference SW 793 485 Best time to visit All year
Cornwall Wildlife Trust encourages the use of environmentally friendly forms of transport wherever possible. Click on the locator map above to go to the National Cycle Network website and view an Ordnance Survey map of this reserve highlighting nearby cycle routes.

Directions:

Take the B3284 north from Truro and fork right (signposted to Perranporth) at the junction in Allet. Five Acres is immediately on the right.

Access:

There is parking just inside the entrance or alternatively in the triangle between the B3284 and entrance to the nature reserve. All paths are suitable for wheelchair access, including pond platform, passing places and ramps to access the wildlife garden.

Classification

Description:

A small demonstration reserve with mixed woodland, a few unusual trees, the BBC TV Groundforce wildlife garden, composting area, ponds, heather garden, bog garden and outdoor education area.

Characteristic wildlife of this reserve:

Three species of shrews have been found here, common, water and pygmy.

Palmate newts have been found around the ponds at Five Acres. Their distinctive webbed feet give them their English name, palmate meaning ' shaped like a hand with the fingers spread out'.

Other information:

Five Acres, opened in 1989 as the Trust’s headquarters, was left to us by Dr George and Mrs Allsop. Dr Allsop was one of the Trust's co-founders.

An old pond which is now part of the bog garden demonstrates clearly why it is not wise to put plants and creatures from garden ponds into the wild. Three non-native species: water fern, Australian swamp stonecrop and parrot's feather, were accidentally introduced and eventually took over the pond.

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