Harebreaks Wood

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Harebreaks Wood is 5.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Watford in Hertfordshire. It is owned by Watford Borough Council and managed by the council and the Friends of Harebreaks Wood. [1] [2]

Watford Town & Borough in England

Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of central London.

Hertfordshire County of England

Hertfordshire is one of the home counties in England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of England region.

Watford Borough Council

Watford Borough Council is the local authority for the Watford non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Watford is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The council is based in the town hall on Hempstead Road.

The site is semi-natural woodland of oak, ash and cherry, which goes back to at least 1600. It is a remnant of a much larger wood known in the nineteenth century as Longspring and Leggatts Wood, and was grazed by livestock. Birds include great-spotted woodpecker, treecreeper and nuthatch, and there mammals such as muntjac deer and pipistrelle bats. [3] [4]

There is access from Leggatts Way and The Harebreaks.


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References

  1. ↑ "Harebreaks Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map of Harebreaks Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Harebreaks Wood". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Home page". Friends of Harebreaks Wood. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

Coordinates: 51°40′51″N0°24′32″W / 51.6808°N 0.4089°W / 51.6808; -0.4089

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