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Access to site Car parks at endof Packet Boat Lane or along OldMill Lane.
By road From Cowley Road, turndown Iver Lane and take the thirdleft down Old Mill Lane. Parkingavailable on right hand sideadjacent to picnic area.
By public transport n Bus: 222 to Cowley High Street/Station Road.
n Rail: West Drayton Station.
Situated between theRiver Colne andFrays River, LittleBritain Lake is a safehaven for a variety of water birds and a lovely place for asummer stroll.
Type of habitatLake, river, scrub.
Location Packet Boat Lane,Cowley.
Best time to visitAll year round.
Size of reserve5.8ha (14 acres).
Walk time 1 hour.
Access on siteMostly surfaced paths, someunsurfaced. Wheelchair access toparts of the site.
Walking links Cowley ‘Trails ofDiscovery’ walk encircles the site.Regular Healthy Walk aroundLittle Britain Lake.
Cycling is not permitted on site.
OS map ref. TQ 049 813.
Postcode UB8 2JR.
FINDING THE RESERVE
Little Britain Lake
Countryside andConservation Officer’s tip“Take a slow walk around thesite to enjoy the birds andother wildlife – and makesure you bring a picnic!”
Visit the lake to see the winterwildfowl migrants that spend thewinter here.
Flocks of birds roam the woodlandand scrub – blue, great, coal andlong-tailed tits, gold crests andtreecreepers.
Enjoy walking by the water andsplashing in the ford on a hot day.
Look out for breeding birds andheronry on the island.
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Gadwall
Grey heron
Shoveler
Great crested grebes
Exp
lore
the Colne
Valley
Managed by London Borough of Hillingdon
River Colne
River Colne
Ickenham
Rickmansworth
Moor Park
Croxley
Gerrards Cross
HigherDenham
Denham
West Ruislip
Ickenham
Hillingdon
Uxbridge
West DraytonIver
Langley
Grand U
nion C
anal
River Colne
River Colne
Grand Union Canal
Grand Union Canal
HILLINGDON
YIEWSLEY
WEST DRAYTON
UXBRIDGE
RUISLIP
NORTHWOOD
RICKMANSWORTH
GERRARDS CROSS
ChalfontSt Peter
Stoke Poges
ChalfontCommon
ChalfontSt Giles
SLOUGH
Harefield
DenhamM40
A4007
A412
A4020
M40
A40
A413
A412
M25
A412
A4115
A404
M25
M25
M4A4
Stocker’s LakeNature Reserve
Old Park WoodNature Reserve
Broadwater LakeNature Reserve
Denham Lock WoodNature Reserve
Frays Farm MeadowsNature Reserve
Uxbridge AldergladeNature Reserve
Minet Country Park
Frays Island and Mabey’sMeadow Nature Reserve
DenhamCountry Park
Little BritainLake
The Colne Valley Parkis the first real tasteof countryside to the west of Londoncomprising a mosaicof farmland,woodlandand water, with 200 miles of river and canal and over 60 lakes.
For more information onLittle Britain Lake pleasecontact:
The Green Spaces TeamLondon Borough of Hillingdon 4W/08 Civic CentreHigh StreetUxbridgeUB8 1UW
Tel: 01895 556000Email: greenspacesadmin@
hillingdon.gov.ukwww.hillingdon.gov.uk
These factsheets have been producedby Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust (Registered in England: 816710; Registered Charity: 239863)
with funding from the City Bridge Trust
Want to see more? Then why not try:n Minet Country Park,
Hayes
n Frays Island & Mabey’sMeadow, West Drayton
n Uxbridge Alderglade,Uxbridge
Little Britain LakeExp
lore
the Colne
Valley
Colne Valley Park
n Mapping Individual site location maps based on maps supplied by Location Maps Ltd PU100029016 / (0800) 731 4084; Colne Valley map by TU Ink, © Crown copyright and database right 2012Ordnance Survey 100048466 n Photography by Rich Andrews/CVL Birding, London Borough of Hillingdon, Andrew Palmer, Neil Phillips, Steve Waterhouse n Design by Wildcat Design