Hill Rise, Bedford
Hill Rise is a 0.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) located in the Harpur area of Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council.[1][2]
The site was the Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, founded in 1882 to prepare poor girls for domestic service. This closed by the 1970s, and the land became a derelict dumping ground. In the 1990s local residents campaigned for the site to become an LNR, and this was achieved in 1996.[3] The small site is surrounded on three sides by houses, but it has a variety of habitats, woodland, meadow, scrub and two ponds. Wildlife includes muntjac deer, foxes, birds, dragonflies and butterflies.[1][4]
There is access from Park Road North.
References
- ^ a b "Hill Rise". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Map of Hill Rise". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "History". Hill Rise Nature Reserve. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Hill Rise Nature Reserve". Hill Rise Nature Reserve. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
52°08′55″N 0°28′14″W / 52.148712°N 0.470495°W / 52.148712; -0.470495
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- Bromham Lake
- Browns Wood
- Fenlake Meadows
- Harrold-Odell Country Park
- Hill Rise
- Mowsbury Hill
- Park Wood
- Putnoe Wood
- 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