Water meadows near Hereford are to be transformed into a nature reserve.

Herefordshire Wildlife Trust (HWT) has been awarded a £243,129 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, alongside £30,000 funding from Welsh Water, to restore Bartonsham Meadows, just south of Hereford.

Much of the site will be restored as essential floodplain meadow habitat through harvesting hay, grazing livestock and introducing wildflower and grass seed.