Tiffield Pocket Park | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Tiffield, Northamptonshire |
OS grid | SP698522 |
Area | 2.6 hectares |
Managed by | The Tiffield Pocketeers |
Tiffield Pocket Park is a 2.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Tiffield in West Northamptonshire. It is leased by a private owner to Tiffield Parish Council and managed by The Tiffield Pocketeers. [1] [2]
This one kilometre long site is a footpath along a former railway line. The path is lined with trees and shrubs of blackthorn, hawthorn, crab-apple and ash, and a balancing pond next to the path has been restored, increasing biodiversity. [3]
There is access from the playing field off Eastcote Road (sometimes shown as Gayton Road).
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