Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill
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Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill is a 25 hectare Local Nature Reserve
in Mill Hill
in the London Borough of Barnet
. It is a Site of Metropolitan Importance.
Arrandene Open Space is a large area of pasture interspersed with clumps of trees. It contains numerous uncommon plant species characteristic of unimproved grassland. Trees include the uncommon wild service tree, and breeding birds include spotted flycatcher
, lesser whitethroat
, reed bunting
and skylark
. Featherstone Hill is a wood in the south west of the site.
It was purchased by Hendon Council
in 1929 to preserve it for public recreation at a time when the area was rapidly developing.
There is free public access to the site, which has a network of public of footpaths and a bridal way. There is access is from Wise Lane, Milespit Hill and Wills Grove.
Local Nature Reserve
Local nature reserve or LNR is a designation for nature reserves in the United Kingdom. The designation has its origin in the recommendations of the Wild Life Conservation Special Committee which established the framework for nature conservation in the United Kingdom and suggested a national suite...
in Mill Hill
Mill Hill
Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburb situated 9 miles north west of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until it was absorbed by London...
in the London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 331,500 and covers . It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the south-east and Enfield to the...
. It is a Site of Metropolitan Importance.
Arrandene Open Space is a large area of pasture interspersed with clumps of trees. It contains numerous uncommon plant species characteristic of unimproved grassland. Trees include the uncommon wild service tree, and breeding birds include spotted flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
The Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range....
, lesser whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
The Lesser Whitethroat is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.Unlike many typical warblers,...
, reed bunting
Reed Bunting
The Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
and skylark
Skylark
The Skylark is a small passerine bird species. This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, but eastern populations are more migratory, moving further south in winter. Even in the milder west of its range,...
. Featherstone Hill is a wood in the south west of the site.
It was purchased by Hendon Council
Municipal Borough of Hendon
Hendon was an ancient civil parish of around which included Mill Hill, as well as Golders Green and Childs Hill. In 1894 it was created an urban district of Middlesex and in 1932 it became a municipal borough...
in 1929 to preserve it for public recreation at a time when the area was rapidly developing.
There is free public access to the site, which has a network of public of footpaths and a bridal way. There is access is from Wise Lane, Milespit Hill and Wills Grove.
External links
- Arrandene Open Space on the VisitWoods website