Lakeside Nature Reserve is a small Local Nature Reserve

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 Church End, Finchley

Finchley

Finchley is a district in Barnet in north London, England. Finchley is on high ground, about north of Charing Cross. It formed an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, becoming a municipal borough in 1933, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965...

 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...

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It was designed as landscaping for an office complex, and its main feature is a lake with a fountain. Plants fringing the shore include water mint

Water mint

Mentha aquatica is a perennial plant in the genus Mentha native throughout Europe except for the extreme north, and also northwest Africa and southwest Asia....

, gypsywort

Gypsywort

Lycopus europaeus is a perennial plant in the Lycopus genus, native to Europe and Asia, and naturalized in the United States.-Habitat:...

 and purple-loosestrife. Waterfowl nest on a small island and there are dragonflies in summer.

There is no public access but it can be viewed from a footpath off Strathmore Gardens.