Park Road Pond

Park Road Pond is a pond in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is managed as a nature reserve by the London Wildlife Trust (LWT),^[1] and is a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I.^[2]

The pond is surrounded by willow trees, oaks and alders. Aquatic plants include yellow flag, water mint and gypsywort. It has many species of water invertebrates, such as pond skaters and whirligig beetles. It is described by the LWT as one of the most important sites in the borough for amphibians, especially great crested newts.^[1]

There is access from Brearley Close.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Park Road Pond". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑ "Uxbridge Ponds". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°33′03″N 0°28′13″W / 51.5508°N 0.4704°W / 51.5508; -0.4704

List of London Wildlife Trust nature reserves

Barnet	Mill Hill Old Railway Oak Hill Wood Totteridge Fields

Bexley	Braeburn Park

Bromley	Saltbox Hill The Warren West Kent Golf Course

Camden	Camley Street Natural Park Greville Place

Croydon	Bramley Bank Hutchinson's Bank Riddlesdown

Ealing	Gunnersbury Triangle

Greenwich	Birdbrook Road Nature Reserve

Hackney	Woodberry Wetlands

Hillingdon	Crane Meadows Denham Lock Wood Dews Farm Sand Pits Frays Farm Meadows Gutteridge Wood and Meadows Ickenham Marsh Park Road Pond Ten Acre Wood Uxbridge College Pond Uxbridge Moor Yeading Brook Meadows

Hounslow	Gunnersbury Triangle Isleworth Ait

Lewisham	New Cross Gate Cutting

Merton	Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads

Newham	Old Ford Island

Richmond	Crane Park Island

Southwark	Bellenden Road Nature Garden Centre for Wildlife Gardening Sydenham Hill Wood

Sutton	Spencer Road Wetlands Wilderness Island

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