Preston Montford

The large eighteenth-century house with later additions is set in 12 hectares (30 acres) of grassland and woodland on the banks of the River Severn.

[1] Opened as a field studies centre in 1957, Preston Montford is visited by students of biology and geography, and by school groups.

The Open University ran its 1-week undergraduate residential course SXR216 Environmental science in the field at the centre from 2003-2011.

[2] It has developed partnerships with Manchester Metropolitan University and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland to tackle the decline in skills of field taxonomy through the MSc in 'Biological Recording and Ecological Surveying'.

[3] Media related to Preston Montford Field Centre at Wikimedia Commons