Oak Avenue Local Nature Reserve, Hampton
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Image: © Marathon Taken: 26 Mar 2014
Oak Avenue Local Nature Reserve was created by the Borough Council on the site of a former tropical aquatic nursery. It was once a derelict and dangerous site, covered in broken glass, but was transformed into a sanctuary for wildlife around 1990. Oak Avenue was declared a statutory Local Nature Reserve in 1992. This view looks from the nature reserve across a field grazed by horses to the houses of Armstrong Road.