Bedfords Park Nature Reserve - Essex Wildlife Trust

Set in the stunning grounds of Bedford's Park, an historic parkland site of 90 acres, owned and managed by the London Borough of Havering. The nature reserve affords fantastic views over London and into Kent. The visitor centre offers visitors a really warm welcome and the opportunity to find out about the wildlife within the Park. The 210 acre park includes many valuable habitats such as mature woodland, species rich wildflower meadows, ponds, streams and marshy areas.

 

Wildlife Highlights:  The Park has wonderful wildflower meadows where you will find Cockoo Flower, Pignut and Ragged Robin in the Spring. There is varied woodland, several ponds and a lake, as well as a captive herd of Red Deer. Wild deer are often seen (Fallow, Roe and Muntjac). The meadows and ponds provide superb habitats for a variety of invertebrates including a really wide variety of butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.

 

Bird highlights include all three species of Woodpecker, Nuthatch and Hobby. Winter sees a large corvid roost, with hundreds of Rooks, Crows and Jackdaws gathering near the deer pen.  

Opening times: Open daily except Mondays, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

 

Location: Vehicle entrance is off Broxhill Road, opposite the white water tower, just to the east of Havering-atte- Bower. The main footpath is in the south-west corner on Lower Bedfords Road. There are other footpaths, bridleway and cycleway entrances off Lower Bedfords Road

 

The reserve is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust 

Address: Broxhill Road, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, RM4 1QH