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Old Park Wood(Harefield) Old Park Wood y A beautiful, e l traditionally l managed ancient a V woodland with a e magnificent array n of wildflowers in l o springtime. C e h t e r Type of habitat Spring o Varied woodland, mainly hazel FINDING THE RESERVE Masses of bluebells with a variety l coppice understory with standard of other wildflowers including p oaks. Some large sweet chestnuts the highly localised coralroot in the lower, more sandy areas. x bittercress. All three species of Pond and stream. British woodpecker. E Location Harefield . Best time to visit Spring . Size of reserve Wood anemone 7.7ha (19 acres) . Walk time 45 minutes. Summer Access on site Circular path, muddy during winter with one section of steep steps. No wheelchair access. Coralroot bittercress Walking and cycling Section 13 (Harefield West to Moor Park) of the London Loop Common blue damselfly www.walklondon.org.uk; Grand Union Canal towpath; Hillingdon Look near the pond for southern Trail; Colne Valley Park . hawker and ruddy darter dragon - Footpaths on Hill Access to site flies, azure and common blue OS map ref. TQ 049 913 . End Road/Summer house Lane. damselflies. Postcode UB9 6UX . By road From Harefield High Street head north onto Reserve Officer’s tip Rickmansworth Road. After 200 yards turn left onto Hill End Road. Robert Hopkins “I recommend a walk in Go ¼ mile, park near allotments. mid-to-late April, to see one Reserve is 2 minute walk along public footpath, on the left . of the area’s very best arrays of woodland spring flowers ” By public transport n Bus: Harefield Hospital (U9) 10 minute walk. n Rai l/tube: Northwood. (Metropolitan Line) . Great spotted woodpecker Managed by Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust Protecting Wildlife for the Future Old Park Wood y The Colne Valley Park e l is the first real taste l a of countryside to V the west of London e comprising a mosaic n l of farmland, woodland o and water, with C 200 miles of river e and canal and over h t 60 lakes. y 5 2 e M Croxley l r a A412 n a C n io Want to see more? n o U RICKMANSWORTH d n ra l Then why not try: Rickmansworth G olne River C p A n Broadwater Lake, 4115 x Stocker’s Lake Denham Green Chalfont Nature Reserve Moor Park St Giles E Denham Country Park, A40 n A 4 4 1 Denham 2 Chalfont Common NORTHWOOD n Stocker’s Lake, Old Park Wood Rickmansworth Nature Reserve 5 2 M G Harefield ra n d U n io R n i v C e a n For more information on Chalfont r a C l o l St Peter n e Broadwater Lake A Colne Old Park Wood please 4 River 1 Nature Reserve contact: 3 Gerrards Cross Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust Higher Denham Grebe House Denham RUISLIP St. Michael's Street A40 GERRARDS CROSS Denham St. Albans Country Park West Ruislip M4 Denham Lock Wood Herts 0 Nature Reserve Denham Frays Farm AL3 4SN Ickenham M40 Meadows Nature Reserve A Ickenha m 4 0 2 Uxbridge Tel: 01727 858901 0 Alderglade Hillingdon Nature Email: [email protected] Reserve Stoke Poges www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk Uxbridge 2 1 4 A UXBRIDGE 007 A4 R i v e M r C 2 o 5 l n HILLINGDON e These factsheets have been produced by Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust Colne Valley Little Minet Park Britain Country (Registered in England: 816710; Registered Charity: 239863) Lake Park with funding from the City Bridge Trust YIEWSLEY Gra nd Un ion C anal West Drayton Iver Langley Frays Island and Mabey’s SLOUGH Meadow Nature Reserve WEST DRAYTON A4 M4 n Mapping Individual site location maps based on maps supplied by Location Maps Ltd PU100029016 / (0800) 731 4084 ; Colne Valley map by TU Ink, © Crown copyright and database right 2012 Ordnance Survey 100048466 n Photography by Les Binns, Clare Gray, Bruce Shortland, Steve Waterhouse n Design by Wildcat Design ([email protected]) .
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