Experience nature in the Peel
Explore eye-catchers such as the Groote Peel National Park and the Strabrechtse Heide or explore nature reserves such as the Grotelsche Heide, Landgoed Stippelberg or the Deurnese Peel. There is always something new to experience in the varied nature of the Peel, full of vast plains, pristine peat bogs and hidden pools. Discover the nature reserves per municipality below or get inspired with tips for the grand nature.
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Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips
Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips
Aarlesche Peel was named after the municipality of Aarle-Rixtel which obtained ownership of this...
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De Biezen
De Biezen
De Biezen is a nature reserve consisting of wet deciduous forests on loamy soil. There is poplar...
Aarle-Rixtel -
Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel
Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel
The Handel drifting dunes began to cause considerable problems for the fields around 1800 due to...
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Natuurcentrum De Specht | Handel
Natuurcentrum De Specht | Handel
For years, Nature Center De Specht, located in the picturesque village of Handel in the municipal...
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Municipal Park the Warande
Municipal Park the Warande
Municipal Park the Warande is special thanks to its many relaxation facilities. In summer, variou...
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Brouwhuisse heide
Brouwhuisse heide
Vlierdense Bossen; this nature reserve also goes by the name of Brouwhuissche Heide or Bikkelse B...
Vlierden -
Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips
Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips
Restoration of the old swampy Peel. After reclamation, this became nature again, just as it looke...
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Walsberg forest
Walsberg forest
The Walsbergse woods were created when heathland was planted with coniferous trees.
Deurne -
Zandbos forest
Zandbos forest
Infertile sandy soil was blown away here due to overgrazing by sheep and the cutting of peat for...
Deurne -
Municipal Park the Warande
Municipal Park the Warande
Municipal Park the Warande is special thanks to its many relaxation facilities. In summer, variou...
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Ruweeuwsels
Ruweeuwsels
It currently consists of trouser forest with small parcels of wet grassland offering nice vistas.
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Oostappense Forests
Oostappense Forests
These woods are characterised by surface sand ridges. These drifting sand ridges were formed in t...
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De Beemd
De Beemd
Around 1824 the Zuid-Willemsvaart was dug and a century later the Wilhelmina Canal. Its reasonabl...
Aarle-Rixtel -
Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips
Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips
Stippelberg is a young forest on a millennia-old subsoil that has profoundly influenced the histo...
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Natuurgebied De Groote Slink | Elsendorp
Natuurgebied De Groote Slink | Elsendorp
After Enschede businessman Abraham Ledeboer bought 1,200 acres of wasteland in the Peel very chea...
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Vis passage
Vis passage
Where the Gulden Aa and Aa meet is a fish passage. This passage consists of 5 sheet-pile walls, e...
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Esperloop
Esperloop
The Esperloop is a small river in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel that originates from the Snell...
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The Neerkant forest
The Neerkant forest
Shifting dunes prove that the sand used to be very active here in the past.
Neerkant -
WWII: Loopgraven in de Klotterpeel | De Rips
WWII: Loopgraven in de Klotterpeel | De Rips
At this site lie the last remnants of the trenches that were zigzagged through the Peel just befo...
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Water treatment plant (WWTP)
Water treatment plant (WWTP)
A sewage treatment plant (abbreviated rwzi) treats wastewater.
Aarle-Rixtel -
Dierenpark De Warande
Dierenpark De Warande
The animal park in De Warande is located in a beautiful city park. Around the pond, the animals a...
Helmond -
Mosbulten
Mosbulten
Nature reserve containing the Heikantsven and the Haverven.
Mariahout -
Natural pool Nederheide
Natural pool Nederheide
You can find natural pool Nederheide in the middle of the forest, located in the beautiful nature...
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Food forest
Food forest
In the food forest, you will find a wide variety of fruit and nut trees.
Aarle-Rixtel