Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve - Fairburn, UK - Non-Coastal Boardwalks on Waymarking.com

The reserve is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on behalf of the local naturalists who set it up.

Situated in the Lower Aire Valley, and includes the whole of Fairburn & Newton Ings SSSI, Fairburn Ings is a Local Nature Reserve (LNR), it is also a Statutory Bird Sanctuary, (one of only 10 in England)with a focus mainly on wildfowl and waders, although many other birds can be seen. It lies to the south and west of Fairburn, near Castleford. The word "ings" (singular "ing") is of Old Norse origin and means "damp or marshy land that floods", a reference to the area being flooded regularly by the River Aire.

Lying alongside the River Aire, the 1000 acre nature reserve includes a large lake and a number of smaller lakes, ponds and dikes; the area has been the scene of industrial and mining operations for 150 years, and all the water bodies are the result of subsidence of former coal-mine workings, up to 600m underground, providing habitats for wildfowl and many other birds. link

Approximate boardwalk length (feet): 100 feet What is the boardwalk over?: Much of the reserve is made up of levelled and landscaped spoil tips from the coal mines that has turned into scrub land. However at this point where ponds have formed from the mine subsidence the board walk goes through an area of reed beds. Boardwalk material: Wood

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