Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve

Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve is a 2.3 hectare Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet.[1][2]

The reserve follows the route of the Highgate to Edgware line, closed in 1964,[3] of the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, between Dean's Lane and Bunns Lane.

Most of it, between Dean's Lane and a short footpath from The Meads, is a closed site managed by the London Wildlife Trust. It is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The remaining stretch to Bunns Lane borders Lyndhurst Park. This is not managed and very overgrown.

The reserve is wooded, with some areas of rough pasture and herbs, and a large number of slowworms. The grassland has a variety of wild flowers including burnet saxifrage and the rare great burnet.[1]




See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006.
  3. ↑ "Mill Hill Old Railway". London Wildlife Trust15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.

Further reading

  • Hewlett, Janet (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1 871045 27 4.

Coordinates: 51°36′45″N 0°15′24″W / 51.6124°N 0.2566°W / 51.6124; -0.2566

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