Today, the geological and industrial landscapes of Roundton Hill have created a variety of habitats where specialist plants have taken hold.

Perhaps the most significant of these are the 'spring ephemerals' - tiny ground-hugging plants that thrive on areas of thin, dry soil.

At one time bats may have played a part in ancient rituals but today they are protected in roosts within the old mine adits. Lesser horseshoe and Daubenton's are two species found here.

The presence of yellow stonecrop on the bare rocks, grassland plants such as heath bedstraw, sheep's sorrel and birdsfoot trefoil, and the occurrence of spring ephemerals, particularly shepherd's cress and upright chickweed, all add colour to the hill at different times of the year.

The rich variety of habitats has led to the reserve being notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and National Nature Reserve (NNR).

Look out for ground-nesting birds such as wheatear and meadow pipits, and peregrine falcons swooping down from the cliffs. Nestboxes have been put up in the woodland for pied flycatcher and redstart.

Public footpaths run through the reserve and the view from the top of the hill is fantastic.

Grid reference SO 009 971