Overview

This is a great little nature reserve if you live locally or find yourself in the area. I've done it in a mobility scooter and it should be doable in a wheelchair, but you'll want to look at the photos to see the terrain. There are two different sides to the plot and it joins up in the middle. In brief: - The south west side (on Google maps this is the square actually labelled "Logan's Meadow") is a playing field with a wetland area with board walks. (You have to cross the grass to get to the boardwalks.) The access is via a ramp from Riverside Bridge / Pie Bridge. - The north east side of the plot has tarmac paths around a block of meadow / long grasses. It is level access from the end of Pepys Court although bumpy and you have to go through a narrowish gate. It's a great area for a wander or for a bit of nature spotting. There's a swift tower, wetland section, and lots of long grasses. Lots of bird and wildlife activity. In the past I have come here to do the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch and Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count. You also get some views of the river, and better ones if you go up onto the bridge. Heads up that this site is a flood plain. If there's flooding in the city Logan's Meadow may end up very marshy or underwater! There are usually dog walkers here. Last time I came, I also visited the Kerb Kollective cafe which is just over the bridge from Logan's Meadow. I left a review for the cafe on Euansguide too.

Transport & Parking

I came on my scooter, not sure about parking.

Access

There is flat access via two different entrances, with a variety of terrain types. Explained with reference to photos: Photos 2-7 show me entering the north east side of the site via Pepys Court, which is at the back of the housing estate. There is an option of steps or a flat access road, the road is concrete but very textured so it rattles you about a bit. But my scooter performed admirably. I assume the texture is to give traction to cars in flooded or muddy conditions. You then go along a packed dirt path, over a wooden bridge, and through a narrow gap round the edge of a gate. This gap was fine for me in my boot scooter and I should think most wheelchair users and small scooter users will find it manageable. If you have a very big scooter you may struggle. Once you are in the site, there are tarmac paths around blocks of long grass meadow and quite easy to get around on wheels. There are benches to sit on in the north east side of the site including picnic benches, but no benches with back support. Photos 8 and 9 show me crossing from the north east side of the site to the south west side. This side of the site is a grassy playing field and in early March it was quite muddy! I had to get off my scooter and walk it in some places as the scooter was just spinning its wheels in the mud. In summer I expect it's much drier. Photos 10-14 are taken from the wetland habitat in the south west side of the site. To get to it you either have to cross about 30m of grass if coming from the north east side, or about 80m of grass if coming from the Riverside Bridge entrance. There is a long shot showing the Riverside Bridge and its wooden ramp from the wetland habitat. The wetland habitat itself has a mixture of boardwalk and dirt paths. On my scooter I found it very manageable. Photos 15 and 16 show the wooden ramp used to access the south west side of the site from Riverside Bridge. I'm not good at judging slope but it's less steep than some I've used, pretty confident it's less than 1:12. Scooter had no problems with it. There are also steps with a hand rail. The last two photos show views from up on Riverside Bridge. The bridge itself has no steps. The slope is longer and shallower than other local bridges like Cutter Ferry and Fort St George but I imagine it would still be quite demanding to do in a manual wheelchair.

Toilets

No toilets on site.

Staff

No staff on site.

Photos