Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve
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Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve is a 77-hectare (190-acre) nature reserve located south-west of Thorpe in Balne, north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The reserve is managed and maintained by a team of volunteers under the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust[1] as well as Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.[2]
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Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve | |
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Location in South Yorkshire | |
Type | Nature reserve |
Location | Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England |
OS grid | SE 594088 |
Coordinates | 53.579°N 1.116°W / 53.579; -1.116 |
Area | 77 hectares (190 acres) |
Opened | 16 May 1980 |
Managed by | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust |
Habitats | Marshland, Woodland |
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The reserve shares its name with the coal-fired power station which occupied the adjacent land prior to its closure in 1994[3] and the demolition of its remaining cooling towers in 2012.[4][5] The site is on an area of lowland susceptible to flooding (floodplain)[6][7] by the River Don, thus creating an area of marshland on which the reserve sits (hence the appended "marsh").