Herefordshire's urban areas are set to be rewilded to promote natural habitats as part of a nationwide scheme.

Nextdoor Nature, a new natural legacy to mark the Queen’s Jubilee, will help nature flourish in Herefordshire’s urban areas including Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Bromyard and Hereford city.

Delivered by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nextdoor Nature will give people the skills, tools, and opportunity to take action for nature.

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This could include establishing wild habitats and green corridors in areas of economic and nature deprivation, rewilding school grounds, or naturalising highly urbanised or unused areas.

The Wildlife Trusts say that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Research carried out by the trusts shows 85 per cent of people in nature-deprived areas say that more natural spaces would improve their quality of life.

Communities that Herefordshire Wildlife Trust will work alongside include groups in the Ridgemoor, Grange and Gateway areas of Leominster, schools and local groups in the John Kyrle school catchment of Ross-on-Wye, and community centres in Hereford city.

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Sarah King, community engagement officer at Herefordshire Wildlife Trust said: "We know that people want to take action to improve their neighbourhoods but often it’s hard to know where to start. We want to help people to discover the parks, footpaths and school grounds on their doorstep, and help them to improve them for both wildlife and for their own communities."