Rowley Green Common
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Rowley Green Common
Rowley Green Common is a five hectare nature reserve in Arkley, London. It is a Local Nature Reserve which is designated a Site of Metropolitan Importance. It is owned by the London Borough of Barnet and jointly managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and the London Wildlife Trust.
It is mainly woodland and heathland, although the most important habitat is Sphagnum bog, one of very few left in London. A large pond is also of botanical interest.[1]
It was once part of Shenleybury Manor in the parish of Shenley, Hertfordshire. The site has a long history of use. Gravel was once dug on it and this led to the formation of ponds and bog hollows. Cattle were grazed on it until the 1940s and the army used it for manoeuvres during the Second World War. Rowley Green was obtained as public open space in 1934 when Barnet Urban District Council bought the land from the Lord of the Manor. It was declared a Local Nature Reserve by the London Borough of Barnet in 1991, the first site in the borough to gain this status.[2]
Access is from Rowley Lane, next to Rowley Green Farm.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Rowley Green Common, London Wildweb
- ^ Rowley Green Common, leaflet produced by the London Borough of Barnet and wildlife trusts.
External links
- Rowley Green Common, London Wildweb
- Rowley Green Common, London's Heathland Heritage
- Rowley Green Common, Wild About Britain
- Rowley Green Common on the VisitWoods website
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