Ring's End Local Nature Reserve

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England}}

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| name = Ring's End

| photo = Ring's End 2.jpg

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| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TF 402 017

| location = March, Cambridgeshire

| area = 8.5 hectares

| manager = Cambridgeshire County Council

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Ring's End is an 11 hectare Local Nature Reserve which runs south from the hamlet of Ring's End towards March in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council,{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=5&N=&ID=1164 |title=Ring's End |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 21 February 2013 |accessdate= 20 November 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271100049%27|title=Map of Ring's End|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 20 November 2016}} and managed by the Friends of Ring's End Nature Reserve Group. Ring's End is known as a 'post-industrial habitat' since it is reclaimed industrial land.{{Cite web|title=Ring's End Local Nature Reserve|url=https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/rings-end-local-nature-reserve|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Cambridgeshire County Council|language=en}}

This is a linear site along a disused railway embankment, with views over the Fens. There are also three ponds, reedbeds and areas of scrub. The soil is poor in nutrients, which has allowed uncommon flowering plants such as coltsfoot to become established. Trees include ash and white willow.{{cite web|url=http://www4.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory_record/3214/rings_end|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140723172507/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory_record/3214/rings_end|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2014|title=Local nature reserves : Ring's End|publisher=Cambridgeshire County Council|accessdate=20 November 2016}}

The southern end of the site can be accessed from Twenty Foot Road, and National Cycle Route 63 runs through it. There is no access to the northern end.

{{commonscat|Ring's End}}