Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve

Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve is a 2.3 hectare Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet.[1][2]

The reserve follows the route of the Highgate to Edgware line, closed in 1964,[3] of the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, between Dean's Lane and Bunns Lane.

Most of it, between Dean's Lane and a short footpath from The Meads, is a closed site managed by the London Wildlife Trust. It is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The remaining stretch to Bunns Lane borders Lyndhurst Park. This is not managed and very overgrown.

The reserve is wooded, with some areas of rough pasture and herbs, and many slowworms. The grassland has a variety of wild flowers including burnet saxifrage and the rare great burnet.[1]




See also
  • Nature reserves in Barnet

References
  1. "Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  3. "Mill Hill Old Railway". London Wildlife Trust15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.

Further reading
  • Hewlett, Janet (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1 871045 27 4.

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