Bentley Priory Circular Walk

Publish to PDF worked well using: Bentley Priory Nature Reserve Management Committee Compatibility with Acrobat 4.0 JPEG quality 2 (highest) This circular walk takes you through some of the Downsample to 600 DPI most attractive parts of the Harrow green belt. It The Committee was formed and constituted in 1974 while the whole of Output as RGB is centred on Bentley Priory Nature Reserve but the Nature Reserve was designated as a SSSI in 1975. The purpose of the also passes through Common, Committee is to work jointly with the voluntary sector, Council officers, Common and Stanmore Little Common. Council members and representatives of Government organisations to: ● Manage Bentley Priory Nature Reserve and undertake conservation To create low resolution PDFs for The route gives both Sunday strollers and circulation and reviw, use Publish to experienced ramblers the chance to enjoy the Stanmore work in order to maintain and enhance its status as an SSSI Nature PDF with: countryside. The route is clearly marked by green Reserve and a site of Metropolitan importance, in accordance with Compatibility with Acrobat 4.0 management plans agreed with Natural England or its successors. JPEG compression at 150 arrows (see right) and follows public footpaths Common Downsample to 100 DPI and other rights of way. The walk will ● Resist any development of property or land adjoining the Reserve (monochrome 300) take you through woods and parks, car park Brewer’s Pond which is likely to be detrimental to the Reserve and its wildlife. Output as RGB Old Clutterbuck’s past streams, ponds and historic brewery N ● Monitor wildlife visiting and inhabiting the site. settlements, and on a fine day, gives ● Arrange interpretative events to promote public access spectacular views over London. and awareness. Bentley Priory ● Raise, hold and spend funds in pursuance of the Strong comfortable footwear is recommended. mansion The route is 4.3 miles (7km) in length but if Stanmore management of the site. necessary the central link (shown ) Contact the Chairman of the Management Committee at can be used to create a shorter 3.2 mile western Common [email protected] loop or an even shorter 1.7 mile eastern loop. The full route should take 2 hours, perhaps more Harrow Weald Conservators The if you have small children or if the weather is d C a om Harrow Weald Common is managed by a unique board of 'Conservators', poor. o m R on which was established by an Act of Parliament over a hundred years ago. n Our role is to care for the Common, preserving, for the community, the o A delightful open space we find today. Originally, the Conservators had to m 41 1 km m 40 prevent the removal of “turf sods, gravel, sand and other substances”, o C stop “bird catching, gin traps, laying snares and taking birds eggs”, and apprehend ”gamblers, card sharps, squatters, vagrants, persons guilty of brawling or any idle or disorderly person.” Today we seek to preserve Harrow Weald the nature of the Common, striking a balance between providing a S t haven for wildlife and offering leisure facilities such as our popular Common a n Nature Trail. We wish you a warm welcome to the Common and hope m o you enjoy your time here as much as we do. The current conservators r e are Cllrs Stephen Greek, Ramji Chauhan, Pritesh Patel, John Hinkley and

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Harrow Weald 0 Bentley Priory il Common 4 l contact the conservators at [email protected]. A Nature Reserve Harrow Nature Conservation Forum C la m The wardens of Bentley Priory, Stanmore Common and p Stanmore Little Common are members of the Harrow H il Nature Conservation Forum, which acts as an umbrella l group to share tools, manpower, knowhow and funds. Old Redding B r Other Forum sites include Pear Wood and Stanmore o car park o Country Park in Stanmore, Bentley Old Vicarage in k Harrow Weald and Rough near s A410 h i station. Harrow’s green belt open spaces need help to keep them in l l good condition. To learn more about the activities of the Forum and the sites it helps maintain email us at [email protected] Old Lodge Way or visit www.harrowncf.org (use QR tag at right) or our The Case is Altered Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/harrowncf/, public house The Bentley Priory Circular Walk was funded by the Green where you can learn about fun activities such as moth Grid initiative. The Green Grid project improves the borough's Car parking is not allowed at the open spaces for people and wildlife - and the connections evenings and guided walks as well as our regular working between them. The aim of the initiative, developed by Priory Drive or Aylmer Drive entrances parties on the sites. Harrow Council Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning team, is to encourage healthy living and access to nature. to Bentley Priory Nature Reserve Main artwork by the Harrow Nature Conservation Forum. Compass rose by Brosen, modification by Howcheng, GNU free licence. Image of The Case is Altered by Diamond Geezer, Creative Commons licence. All other photographs by Stephen and Leslie Bolsover.