Ängsö naturreservat

Municipality: Västerås

Protected year: 1960 and reorganized in 2011

Area: 7 171 hectares (2 936 hectares of land and 4 235 hectares of water)

Trustee: County Administrative Board

Ängsö is accessible by bike, car and boat.

If you are coming from Västerås, take the E18 at Hällamotet, exit 139: drive on Stockholmsvägen for about 8.3 kilometers, through Irsta and past Panko. Turn right towards Kungsbyn. Drive about 5.5 kilometers and you will arrive at the bridge that leads over to Ängsön.

There is a guest harbor at Långholms brygga on Ängsön. You can also visit Långholmen, Fagerön, Hallingen and Måholmen.

Welcome to visit the nature reserve!

There are rules that you as a visitor must follow. The rules are there to protect the area's natural values.

It is forbidden to:

• set up a motor vehicle, trailer or caravan for more than one day,
• camping on Ängsön. The prohibition does not apply to organized camp activities within the designated area on Ängsön after approval by the nature reserve manager,
• moor or moor a boat in the same area for more than two consecutive days,
• damage or destroy rocks (for example by burning or grilling),
• make fires other than in specially designated places, with the exception of a barbecue or field kitchen. The exception does not apply within fenced pastures,
• felling or otherwise damaging living or dead trees and shrubs and damaging vegetation in general, for example by collecting herbs, grasses, mosses, fungi or lichens, with the exception of edible mushrooms and berries
• collecting insects and other invertebrates
• bring dogs or other pets that are not on a leash
• during the period April 1 to July 15, enter or otherwise stay within 100 m of the shoreline on the following islands: Björkskär, Lilla Käringgrundet, Stora Käringgrundet, Flottgrundet and Borsten (northwest of Gisselholmen),
• put up a board, sign, poster, or permanently mark out tracks or markings. The regulation shall not apply to land and to existing sea marks, road signs, information and notice boards,
• ride on marked trails that have been prepared for hiking
• making disturbing noises, for example with sound equipment or model airplanes.