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.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hill Rise, Bedford.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hill Rise". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map of Hill Rise". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "History". Hill Rise Nature Reserve. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Hill Rise Nature Reserve". Hill Rise Nature Reserve. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

Coordinates: 52°08′55″N 0°28′14″W / 52.148712°N 0.470495°W / 52.148712; -0.470495

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.