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However dogs must never be allowed allowed be never must dogs However March. - July Meadow Road/Church Road, 258 along Brookshill/Common Road, Road, Brookshill/Common along 258 Road, Road/Church allowed to run free on the rest of the reserve and on Spring Spring on and reserve the of rest the on free run to allowed A410 Uxbridge Uxbridge A410 the along run H12 and 340 Buses ell trained dogs can be be can dogs trained ell W rule. this to walkers dog alert April, May and June. Signs on the entrance gates will will gates entrance the on Signs June. and May April, of rack then path beside Lower Priory Farm Priory Lower beside path then rack T H: site and all dogs should be on leash here during the months months the during here leash on be should dogs all and site venue A Masefield G: ay W Bentley F: . Spring Meadow is the most important bird nesting nesting bird important most the is Meadow Spring . priority ay W Lodge Old E: ay W Embry D: Bentley Priory is a nature reserve and the wildlife has has wildlife the and reserve nature a is Priory Bentley Dogs ylmer Drive ylmer A C: Drive Priory on Gate B: A: 5-bar gate on Common Road Common on gate 5-bar A: contractors. The map indicates gates into the reserve: the into gates indicates map The of the open areas to prevent scrub growth, is performed by by performed is growth, scrub prevent to areas open the of ger scale work, such as mechanical cutting cutting mechanical as such work, scale ger Lar . biodiversity Licence number 100017302. number Licence who work to record species and enhance the site's site's the enhance and species record to work who eserved. eserved. r rights All 2009. Copyright own (c)Cr Ltd. Co. Map The Park is managed by voluntary wardens wardens voluntary by managed is Park The Maintenance A-Z A-Z Geographers' of permission by oduced epr r above Map ge and form streams. form and ge emer springs of number water trickling down through the gravel reaches the clay a a clay the reaches gravel the through down trickling water H E When When soil. acid an creating ridge, the on gravels quaternary F overlayed by the pebbly Claygate beds with a cap of of cap a with beds Claygate pebbly the by overlayed G D lower part is London clay but as one climbs north the clay is is clay the north climbs one as but clay London is part lower C The The north. the in ridge Hill Stanmore the of edge the from Nature Reserve Nature The 66 hectares of the reserve slope southwards southwards slope reserve the of hectares 66 The Geology Bentley Priory Priory Bentley Station Priory house now hosts a museum describing this role. this describing museum a hosts now house Priory Stanmore Stanmore . Bentley Bentley . ar W orld W Second the in Britain of Battle the A Nature trail and information leaflet information and trail Nature B occupied by the RAF and used as an operation centre during during centre operation an as used and RAF the by occupied architect, the two were separated when the house was was house the when separated were two the architect, Reserve with the distinguished and unorthodox Sir John Soane as as Soane John Sir unorthodox and distinguished the with Lane , a stately mansion built in 1775 1775 in built mansion stately a , Priory Bentley of grounds arren arren W on park car Bentley Priory Nature Nature Priory Bentley . Originally one space comprising the house and and house the comprising space one Originally . Harrow Stanmore Common Common Stanmore Bentley Priory is one of the best known open spaces in in spaces open known best the of one is Priory Bentley eserve r the find to How Bentley Priory Nature Reserve is the only biological Site of Post 2: The first Marquis of Abercorn bought Bentley Post 3: The prominent tree with the V shaped double trunk Scientific Interest in Harrow. It has excellent examples of Priory in 1786. Sir Uvedale Price, his landscape gardener, is a wild service tree Sorbus torminalis. The leaves are a species-rich grassland, ancient woodland and lakes, all in a designed much of the parkland that we see today. To the left distinctive shape (see illustration below), as if the tree relatively small area. This nature trail will take you through of the path at this point is a raised causeway, like a intended to have hand shaped leaves like a sycamore but or past all three, as well as showing some of the man-made miniature railway embankment. This raised path was stopped half way. Wild service trees, like hornbeam, are an features of the site. The total length is 2.9 km. The first part created so that the marquis could ride around his park indicator of ancient woodland, that is, land that has been of the trail follows the metalled path, called Deer Path, but without going through any mud. On the causeway, close to wooded since 1600 and therefore probably never cleared by the second half can be extremely muddy, especially in the metalled path, you can see some trees with characteristic man. autumn and winter. At these times waterproof boots are horizontal bands on the bark. These are the wild cherry or advisable. gean; the fruit are loved by foxes. In March and April look B up into the crowns to make out the blossom. Bentley Priory Nature Reserve occupies much of the land N originally created as parkland for Bentley Priory House, at the top of the hill. Deer Path follows the original driveway to the house, and the name of the road you entered from, th ald Pa Old Lodge Way, refers to the lodge guarding the entrance to A We the park. The Old Lodge still stands, at the corner of Old ath He Lodge Way and the Uxbridge Road. Spring Meadow ze Fur Begin by following Deer Path up the hill through Old Lodge 10 Meadow. Look out for the first numbered post, just before Dogs on k ) r you enter the woodland. e a leash in t a P Image by Spring v Post 1: In the small copse to the right of the path grow r hatched area i r e Wood D Wild service Steve e many of the trees and bushes that you will see again and p April 1st e ( again on your walk. The largest tree is a pendunculate or e D tree leaves Bolsover r through English oak, Quercus robor. The name pedunculate refers to P a the stalk, or peduncule, that connects the acorn cup to the June 30th Heriots t h C twig. The pedunculate oak is the dominant oak in southern 15 Wood Compass rose by n Brosen, England while the sessile oak is most common in the north, tio T nta modification by although you will see one specimen on the trail today. h la Howcheng, GNU e P e G Th free licence. The other tree in this little copse is a hornbeam Carpinus r e e betulus, one of the commonest trees in the reserve.