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Kingshill Close, HAYES, UB4 8DD

The Farm Park ground. The ground is unusual as to get from the clubhouse to the ground, you have to walk through the car park and a small wooded area.

The upper and longer section of what becomes the River Crane further downstream. It flows for just over 25 kms from the source at Headstone Manor, Harrow, down to join the tidal Thames at Isleworth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeading_Brook

Yeading Brook Meadows Local Nature Reserve is one of the most important grassland sites in Greater London. It is cut for hay in late summer, with some areas being left uncut to provide overwintering sites for invertebrates and small mammals. Skylark breeds in the hay meadow and can be seen flying overhead in summer. Yeading Brook Meadows is managed by the London Wildlife Trust on behalf of the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Ealing. This is just north of Kingshill Avenue. A close up of the information board can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5822333 This was an extremely hot day at the end of June so I cannot imagine rugby is being played at this time. The Hillingdon Trail passes through the woodland on the far side of these rugby pitches. The Hillingdon Trail is a 20 mile path through Hillingdon's countryside from Cranford in the south-east to Harefield in the north-west. See https://archive.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/8730/Yeading-Valley for more information.

This is a close up of the information board seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5822327

Yeading Brook Meadows Local Nature Reserve is one of the most important grassland sites in Greater London. It is cut for hay in late summer, with some areas being left uncut to provide overwintering sites for invertebrates and small mammals. Skylark breeds in the hay meadow and can be seen flying overhead in summer. Yeading Brook Meadows is managed by the London Wildlife Trust on behalf of the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Ealing. This is just south of Kingshill Avenue which is just beyond the trees ahead. A close up of the information board for this part of the Meadows can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5822333 T

The shallow ditch is marked on the 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map as "canal feeder". It's a remnant of a channel that took water from Ruislip Lido to the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, linking with sections of Yeading Brook. https://londoncanals.uk/2013/02/05/the-grand-junction-canal-feeder-from-ruislip-5/