Bromham Lake

Bromham Lake is a 10.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve east of Bromham in Bedfordshire. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council.^[1]^[2]

The lake was formed when the site was used for the extraction of sand, gravel and limestone between 1969 and 1975, and an Iron Age house was found during the extraction. In the 1980s the site was restored to become a nature reserve. The lake is important for aquatic birds such as terns and coot, and plants such as water crowfoot and reedmace. A wild flower meadow provides a habitat for butterflies. There is also woodland, grassland and a limestone cliff.^[1]^[3]

There is access from Lower Farm Road.

References

1 2 "Bromham Lake". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
↑ "Map of Bromham Lake". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
↑ Notice on the site

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Coordinates: 52°09′10″N 0°30′09″W / 52.1527°N 0.5025°W / 52.1527; -0.5025

Local Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire

Bedford	Bromham Lake Browns Wood Fenlake Meadows Harrold-Odell Country Park Hill Rise Mowsbury Hill Park Wood Putnoe Wood

Central Bedfordshire	Cooper's Hill Cottage Bottom Fields Flitton Moor Flitwick Wood Henlow Common and Langford Meadows Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows Marston Thrift Maulden Church Meadow The Riddy Stotfold Mill Meadows Totternhoe Knolls

Luton	Galley and Warden Hills

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