Wicksteed Park is a 14.2-hectare (35-acre) nature reserve in Barton Seagrave, on the eastern outskirts of Kettering in Northamptonshire.
It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
[1] This site is in two areas, Wicksteed Water Meadows and Castle Field.
Water meadows are flooded by people for agricultural purposes, unlike flood meadows which are under water when river levels are high.
Flora include great burnet and marsh marigold, and there are also grass snakes.