Barnet Countryside Centre
Barnet Countryside Centre is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation in High Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet.[1][2] It is run by the Friends of Barnet Countryside Centre as a nature reserve and to provide environmental education for schools.[3]
The site has areas of native woodland which support a wide variety of birds. Several small ponds have frogs, newts and the ruddy darter dragonfly. More open areas have a good variety of insects including the small copper butterfly and Roesel's bush-cricket.[1]
The site was formerly a playing field, and in 1975 it was established as an environmental education centre.[4] In 2009 Barnet Council gave planning permission to the Noah's Ark Children's Hospice for the redevelopment of the site. The nature reserve is still maintained by the Friends, but there is no public access.[5] It can be viewed from Byng Road and from a footpath between Byng Road and Cavendish Road.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Barnet Countryside Centre". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on November 29, 2012.
- ^ "Home page". Friends of Barnet Countryside Centre. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24.
- ^ "History". Friends of Barnet Countryside Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-12-26.
- ^ "Barnet Countryside Centre". The Barnet Society. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23.
Further reading
- Hewlett, Janet (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1-871045-27-4.
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- Arkley Lane and Pastures
- Arkley South Fields
- Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill
- Ashley Lane
- Avenue House Grounds
- Barfield Allotments Nature Park
- Barnet Countryside Centre
- Barnet Gate Wood
- Bell's Hill Burial Ground
- Belmont Open Space
- Big Wood and Little Wood
- Brent Park
- Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp)
- Bruno's Field
- Burnt Oak Brook
- Burtonhole Lane and Pasture
- Cherry Tree Wood
- Clarefield Park
- Clay Lane
- Clitterhouse Recreation Ground
- College Farm
- Coppett's Wood and Scrublands
- Copthall Railway Walk and Copthall Old Common
- Copthall South Fields
- Darland's Lake
- Deans Brook
- Dollis Brook
- Drivers Hill
- East Finchley Cemetery
- Edgware Way Rough
- Edgwarebury Brook
- Edgwarebury Park
- Folly Brook
- Friary Park
- Glebe Lane Pastures
- Glebelands Local Nature Reserve
- Golders Hill Park
- Greenhill Gardens
- Hadley Green
- Hampstead Heath Extension
- Hendon Churchyard
- Hendon Park and Northern Line Railway Cutting
- King George's Fields
- Lakeside Nature Reserve
- Mill Hill Golf Course
- Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve
- Mill Hill Substation Pastures
- Moat Mount
- Monken Hadley Common
- Mutton Brook
- New Southgate Cemetery
- North Middlesex Golf Course Ponds
- Northern Line Embankment, High Barnet
- Oak Hill Wood
- Oakleigh Park Rail Cutting
- Princes Park
- Pymme's Brook
- River Brent
- Rowley Green Common
- Rowley Lodge Field
- Scratchwood
- Silk Stream
- St Pancras and Islington Cemetery
- Stoneyfields Park
- Sulloniacis Pastures
- Sunny Hill Park
- The Mill Field
- Totteridge Common
- Totteridge Croft Field
- Totteridge Fields
- Totteridge Green
- Turner's Wood
- Woodridge Nature Reserve