Barnet Countryside Centre

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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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Barnet Countryside Centre". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on November 29, 2012.
  3. "Home page". Friends of Barnet Countryside Centre. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24.
  4. "History". Friends of Barnet Countryside Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-12-26.
  5. "Barnet Countryside Centre". The Barnet Society. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23.

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