Hilly Fields, Colchester

Hilly Fields is a 37.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester, Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.^[1][2] It is also a scheduled monument as it is in a late Iron Age site and Roman Camulodunum.^[3]

Hilly Fields
Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Colchester, Essex
OS grid	TL 987 255
Area	37.5 hectares
Managed by	Colchester Borough Council

The site has diverse habitats of grassland, woods, hedges, scrub, ponds, and marsh. The grassland is grazed by rabbits, and invertebrates include minotaur beetles and beewolf wasps. The woodland is mainly oak, ash and hawthorn, and the pond banks have reedmace and reed sweet-grass.^[4]

There is access from Sussex Road.^[1]