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A bee gathering pollen from yellow flowers

Great British Pollinator Highway

Put your plot on the Great British Pollinator Highway.

Give nature a little more space, and make your part of Britain part of something much bigger.

You do not need acres. You do not need to be an expert. Even 1m² can matter.

Imagine what we could create together

One garden may feel small. Together, our spaces become something much bigger.

A garden in York. A balcony in Manchester. An allotment in Birmingham. A school garden in Bristol. A community meadow in Glasgow. A business planting for wildlife in Leeds. Individually, every one matters. Together, they become the Great British Pollinator Highway.

Allotment plots and greenhouses in an English community garden

There is a place for you

Start with what you have.

You do not have to create a wildflower meadow or transform your whole garden. Whatever its size, your plot can have a place on the Highway.

See how it works
  • Garden
  • Balcony or pots
  • Allotment
  • School or community space
  • Business or workplace
  • Farm or larger area

Three simple steps

Put your plot on the map

Become a member and add an approximate pin that protects your privacy.

Discover what lives there

Slow down, look closer and use GBPH to help identify what you find.

Help your plot come alive

Try one achievable idea, record what happens and watch it change through the seasons.

A butterfly feeding on purple flowers

One small space. One bigger purpose.

Once you start looking, an ordinary place can feel completely different.

A bee disappearing inside a flower. The first butterfly of spring. A plant appearing where you did not expect one. GBPH gives you a reason to look more closely and build a record that grows with you.

A butterfly feeding on a yellow flower

Good for pollinators. Good for us too.

Nature can simply be somewhere to spend a little time.

Step outside. Spend ten minutes looking. Plant something together. Watch the seasons change. Sit beside the flowers and simply see what arrives.

What will you discover?

Some neighbours have been there all along.

GBPH helps you explore possible identifications and build a personal record of the wildlife using your plot.

Bees
Butterflies
Moths
Hoverflies
Beetles
Wildflowers
Birds
Other wildlife
A burnet moth resting on a purple flowerA dragonfly resting on a bright green leafA meadow filled with grasses and small white wildflowers

This is your part of the Highway

More than a pin on a map.

Your Highway pin

Your wildlife record

Photo identification help

Your plot photos

A year in nature

Habitat ideas

Community stories

The bigger picture

Watch the Highway grow

Every pin has a story.

Every pin represents someone who has chosen to give nature a little more space and start recording what they find.

A pin is a member submission. It does not by itself prove habitat connection, condition or ecological improvement.

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Not just a map

The pins are only the beginning.

GBPH is building a growing network of people observing, recording and improving spaces for wildlife across Britain. The map shows where members are taking part and what they submit. It does not claim that every location forms a physically connected ecological corridor, or that adding a pin alone proves ecological improvement.

A year in nature

There is always something happening outside.

Spring

Watch life return.

Summer

See your plot at its busiest.

Autumn

Leave food and shelter behind.

Winter

Look for what remains.

Explore the seasonal guide