Type Local Nature Reserve Area 8.9 hectares | OS grid TL 177 980 Phone +44 1733 687515 | |
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Location Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Address Ponds,, Peterborough, United Kingdom Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit | ||
Woodston Ponds is an 8.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve between the River Nene and the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
The site was formerly settling ponds to remove washings from sugar beet. The east side has a lake with water birds such as grey herons, tufted ducks and pochards. In the west there is a reedbed which has pools and channels, with great crested newts and unusual species of water beetle.
There is access by crossing a footbridge over the river from Viersen Platz and turning right along a footpath.
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