Brown’s Piece:

The 11 acre block of land at Brown’s Piece, has 3 levels running from fields next to a primary school field, into a steep, wooded, terraced slope, and down to a plateau next to the stream that flows through Wotton. Stretching from the Cotswold countryside into the heart of the town, Brown's Piece provides a 'green gateway' accessible from the town centre.

Over the past decades, land at Brown's Piece has become a nature-rich mosaic of meadow, trees, and developing scrub. This provides both a haven for local wildlife - including a source of insects for our famous swift population - and a place to journey through on the way to school or the shops, or just a stroll. It also has a rich history, with parts remembered as a former mill, a lido, pastoral land and a scrapyard.

Wotton Community Land Trust, with the incredible support of local people and businesses, completed the purchase of this land as a community asset in 2025. We have received generous pledges and an interest free loan from a local benefactor to get us over the line.

We need all the help we can get to raise the funds we need to look after the land and repay the loan.