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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