A Dudley nature reserve is in line for a £20,000 revamp set to give the greenery a new look.

The money means work can now get under way on the improvements at Cotwall End Valley Reserve in Sedgley.

Council bosses have accepted an offer of £19,800 of landfill tax money after officials at Wren, the government’s waste recycling scheme, backed plans to upgrade the beauty spot.

The money is set to be spent on paths, fencing and general accessibility as well as habitat improvements at the site.

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A Dudley nature reserve is in line for a £20,000 revamp set to give the greenery a new look.

The money means work can now get under way on the improvements at Cotwall End Valley Reserve in Sedgley.

Council bosses have accepted an offer of £19,800 of landfill tax money after officials at Wren, the government’s waste recycling scheme, backed plans to upgrade the beauty spot.

The money is set to be spent on paths, fencing and general accessibility as well as habitat improvements at the site.

The Friends of Cotwall End Valley applied to Wren for the cash boost more than a year ago but as part of the terms of the grant, council officials had to obtain different quotes for the work to be carried out. That has now been done, leading to council bosses officially accepting the money for the works to be completed.

But it is not the only work to be carried out at the site. As part of Dudley Council’s Liveability Scheme, further improvements are expected to be announced later this year.

Dudley’s beauty spots won praise recently in a national report, in particular for improvements and increases in the number of nature reserves boroughwide.

The national survey, ranked Dudley sixth. The conservation report looked at what work 25 local authorities based in urban areas have carried out since 1993 to improve nature facilities. Dudley Council, which has expanded its range of nature reserves from four to seven during this period, was praised in the report.