Path in Cranebank
Cows graze to maintain the biodiversity of the grassland

Cranebank is a Local Nature Reserve on the east bank of the River Crane in Hatton in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is owned and managed by Hounslow Council.[1][2] It is also part of The Crane Corridor Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.[3][4]

The site

Cranebank has water meadows which have a number of locally rare species, such as cuckoo flower and ragged robin. It also has ox-bow lakes, and there are 26 species of butterflies and 12 of damselflies and dragonflies.[1]

The reserve is part of a park which has a variety of names. An old notice on the site calls it River Crane Park, while a newer one shows it as part of Crane Valley Park, which stretches along the River Crane from Great Chertsey Road to the Grand Union Canal.[5] It is also shown as part of the six mile long linear Crane Valley Park by London Gardens Online,[6] while London's environmental information centre, Greenspace Information for Greater London, calls it Dudset Farm Pastures.[4][7] The London Loop long-distance walk goes through the reserve, and the directions show it as Crane Bank Park.[8]

Access

There is access from Earhart Way and Waye Avenue Open Space.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cranebank, Hatton". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Map of Cranebank, Hatton". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Crane Corridor". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Noticeboards by the Earhart Way entrance to the reserve
  6. ↑ "Crane Valley Park". London Parks and Gardens Trust. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Dudset Farm Pastures". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26.
  8. ↑ "London Loop Section 10: Hatton Cross to Hayes and Harlington" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

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