Eastern Road Nature Reserve | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Haywards Heath, West Sussex |
OS grid | TQ 353 252 |
Area | 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres) |
Managed by | Mid Sussex District Council |
Eastern Road Nature Reserve is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the eastern outskirts of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by Mid Sussex District Council. [1] [2]
The reserve has rough grassland, wetland, woodland and scrub. There are aquatic insects such as dragonflies and other invertebrates include frogs and newts. [1]
There is access from Eastern Road
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