Prestwick Road Meadows is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in

South Oxhey South Oxhey is a suburb of Watford in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London. At the 2011 Census S ...

in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by

Three Rivers District Council 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...

. This site was formerly farm meadows. It has many insects and flowers include purple knapweed, yellow birdsfoot-trefoil and

red clover ''Trifolium pratense'', the red clover, is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalized in many other regions. Description Red clove ...

. Old hedgerows still survive, and there is also a seasonal pond where frogs breed in the spring. There is access from Prestwick Road between Little Oxhey Lane and Heysham Drive.

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{{Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire Three Rivers District Meadows in Hertfordshire