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p river banks, grazing marsh, sedge beds . x Summer E Location . Walk through swathes of fragrant meadowsweet and pink great Best time to visit willowherb whilst looking out for Early summer . signs of water voles, or come to the site after dark to spot the glow- Size of reserve worms that float along the disused 4.9ha (86 acres) . railway embankment . Walk time 3 hours. Winter Access on site Open access throughout the site, with a boardwalk winding through Denham Lock Wood and an informal path network through the meadows. Site is wet most of the year. No wheelchair access. Walking and cycling links Siskin Section 12 (Uxbridge to Look for snipe overwintering in West) of the London Loop, Colne the wet grassland and sedge Valley Trail, Grand Union Canal Ragged robin beds and for flocks of siskins Walk, Nine Stiles Circular Walk, feeding in the alder trees. South Bucks Way and Grand Entrances via Union Canal Circular Walk. Access to site Grand Union Canal towpath, National cycle route 6 – Denham Reserves Manager’s tip , Denham to Uxbridge. Tom Hayward Quarry Trail or Uxbridge Golf “This is one of my favourite OS map ref. TQ 058 860 . Course . reserves to visit in the summer as I can enjoy the wildflowers, Postcode UB10 8DZ . By road Nearest parking (pay and display) is at Denham Country Park, whilst watching the cows (follow signs from the A40), with happily munch away. ” Water vole a 15 minute walk to the reserve . By public transport n Bus: U9 to Warren Road/ Swakeleys Road . n Rail: Denham Station (20 minute walk). Managed by on behalf of the London Borough of Frays Farm Meadows & Denham Lock Wood

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Higher Denham Tom Hayward, Reserves Manager Denham A40 London Wildlife Trust GERRARDS CROSS Denham Skyline House Country Park West Ruislip M4 Denham Lock Wood 0 Nature Reserve 200 Union Street Denham Frays Farm London M40 Meadows Nature Reserve SE1 0LX A Ickenha m 4 0 2 0 Uxbridge Alderglade Hillingdon Nature Tel: 0207 261 0447 Reserve Stoke Poges Email: Uxbridge 2 1 4 [email protected] A www.wildlondon.org.uk UXBRIDGE

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