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Hawkenbury Meadow

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Type
  
Local Nature Reserve

OS grid
  
TL434088

Location
  
Harlow, Essex

Area
  
1.6 hectares

Hawkenbury Meadow

Managed by
  
Harlow District Council

Hawkenbury Meadow is a 1.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Harlow in Essex. It is owned and managed by Harlow District Council.

The site is neutral grassland with a brook running through it. It has a variety of wild flowers including yellow rattle, common spotted orchid, cowslip, wild carrot and grass vetchling. There are strips of mature woodland along the margins, and a stand of willow trees. A damper area in the north of the site has marshland plants.

There is access from Paycock Road.

References

Hawkenbury Meadow Wikipedia