Path in Saffron Green Meadows Saffron Green Meadows or Saffron Green Pasture is an area of public open space and farmland north of

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, and is part of the Watling Chase Community Forest and the London Green Belt. In the late 1990s, the area was identified as suitable for environmental management as it had been untenanted for several years, and as rough grazing pasture it was a rich and scarce ecological habitat which also had recreational potential. An archeological survey identified a pre-Roman landscape pattern, possibly dating back to the

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. In 2002–3, 4.5 hectares were planted as woodland, and a tenant was found to manage the land for grazing. The site had previously had no public access, but an area of 5.5 hectares is now public open space, with a bridleway which connects with Arkley Lane, a Local Nature Reserve in

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) *Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; anc ...

. There is also public access from Galley Lane. A wide variety of wild species have been found on the site, and it is one of the largest wildlife sites in Hertsmere.Hertsmere Borough Council, Biodiversity, Trees and Landscape
/ref> Mimmshall Brook, a tributary of the River Colne, skirts the site, and the radio masts of Saffron Green transmitting station are close by.

Gallery

FILE:SAFFRON GREEN MASTS.JPG, Meadows with radio masts in the distance FILE:SAFFRON GREEN MIMMSHALL BROOK.JPG, Mimmshall Brook

References

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