Lexden Park

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Lexden Park
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Type Local Nature Reserve
Location Lexden, Colchester, Essex
OS grid TL972250
Area 8.1 hectares
Managed by Colchester Borough Council

Lexden Park is an 8.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. [1] [2]

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The site has grassland with a wide variety of plant species such as lady's bedstraw, lesser stitchwort and greater bird's-foot-trefoil. There is also oak woodland and an ornamental lake with wildfowl. [1]

There is access to the site from Church Lane. It is open to the public apart from the lake and wildlife areas.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lexden Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Lexden Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

Coordinates: 51°34′05″N0°10′02″W / 51.5680°N 0.16709°W / 51.5680; -0.16709

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