Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve

In January 2012 Cheltenham Borough Council provided funding to carry out work clearing Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve. It sits in a small section of disused railway cutting, approx 1km long. The Railway was de-commissioned when passenger service from Cheltenham to Banbury was withdrawn in 1961. Situated on the South side of Cheltenham, crossing Old Bath Road in Leckhampton, passing Mead Road & Charlton Lane running West to East. Now very over grown with self seeding plants and trees with a small stream. This will in time be cut back to open up the canopy allowing light through in an effort to improve the ecology and produce a more welcoming environment for visitors. Before work starts in earnest, I thought I would try and capture some images of this overgrown world, and at the same time show its development over the coming years.