Denby Delf
📍 Upper DenbyWest Yorkshire
A 30-acre Garganey Trust reserve on an old quarry near Upper Denby (delf means quarry), with meadows, heathland, scrub and an oak clough. A circular footpath gives views over Emley Moor and the Dearne
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A 30-acre Garganey Trust reserve on an old quarry near Upper Denby (delf means quarry), with meadows, heathland, scrub and an oak clough. A circular footpath gives views over Emley Moor and the Dearne Valley. Look for orchids in the meadows, green hairstreak butterflies on the bilberry and bluebells in the wood.
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