Stoneyfields Park
Stoneyfields Park is a three hectare public park in The Hale in the London Borough of Barnet.[1]
The park is a mainly grassland area with a small wood, hedgerows and two play areas. Deans Brook, which crosses the park, has been dammed to create an ornamental lake. The lake has a fringe of vegetation dominated by great and lesser reedmace. Coots, moorhens and mallards breed on the lake, and it also supports amphibians and dragonflies.[2]
The woodland of oak and hazel is clearly old, as are some of the hedges, and there are plants indicative of ancient woodland, such as wood-sedge. Parts of the grassland are herb rich, with wild flowers such as cuckooflower.[2]
There is access to the park from Edgware Way, Fairmead Crescent and Riverdene.
Stoneyfields Park and Deans Brook are a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II.[2][3]
Gallery[]
Wood
Lake
Dam
Play area
See also[]
- Barnet parks and open spaces
- Nature reserves in Barnet
References[]
- ^ Stoneyfields Park, London Gardens Online
- ^ a b c "Dean's Brook and Stoneyfields Park". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.
Further reading[]
- Hewlett, Janet (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1 871045 27 4.
- Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet
- Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet
- Edgware