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Chilwell Gardens, WATFORD, WD19 6LY

This footpath leads from Furze Close to Muirfield Road. The edge of Oxhey Woods can be seen on the left, beyond the grass. Oxhey Woods is the largest Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Three Rivers District. The character of the woods is varied, created by centuries of management for a variety of woodland products. Prestwick Road and Oxhey Drive divide the woods into three separate areas. The woods are an important Wildlife Site, notable for the rare Wild Service Tree. Sometimes known as the ‘Chequers Tree’ because of its distinctively patterned bark, the leaves and berries form the LNR logo. Some parts of the LNR are ancient woodland, having been continuously covered by woodland for at least four hundred years, and possibly up to ten thousand years. Wild Service Tree is one of the indicators of ancient woodland. Features such as sunken pathways, earth banks and ditches can also be seen. In the past these earth works often marked boundaries between different land uses and ownership. The London LOOP passes through Oxhey Woods and the woods are an important resource for the residents of the South Oxhey Estate.

Oxhey Woods is the largest Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Three Rivers District. The character of the woods is varied, created by centuries of management for a variety of woodland products. Prestwick Road and Oxhey Drive divide the woods into three separate areas. The woods are an important Wildlife Site, notable for the rare Wild Service Tree. Sometimes known as the ‘Chequers Tree’ because of its distinctively patterned bark, the leaves and berries form the LNR logo. Some parts of the LNR are ancient woodland, having been continuously covered by woodland for at least four hundred years, and possibly up to ten thousand years. Wild Service Tree is one of the indicators of ancient woodland. Features such as sunken pathways, earth banks and ditches can also be seen. In the past these earth works often marked boundaries between different land uses and ownership. The London LOOP passes through Oxhey Woods and the woods are an important resource for the residents of the South Oxhey Estate. This is the easternmost edge of the woods, seen from Furze Close on the South Oxhey Estate.

This small green is in the angle of Prestwick Road and Little Oxhey Lane. The cars directly ahead are on the mini roundabout where Little Oxhey Lane on the right meets Prestwick Road straight ahead. Another view of it can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6039637

On Prestwick Road.

Moortown Road leads south off Maylands Road, part of the London County Council built estate at South Oxhey dating from the early 1950s.

This small green is in the angle of Prestwick Road and Little Oxhey Lane, with Bramshaw Gardens on the right. The cars directly ahead are on Little Oxhey Lane.

Although by its very nature as a housing estate originally built by London County Council to provide homes for Londoners whose residences had been destroyed or damaged during the Second World War, there tends to be a lot of uniformity in housing designs on the estate, there are a few locations where unusual styles have been used. Here in Mundesley Close for example the first floors have a tiled mansard-type roof over a standard brick-built ground floor.

Overlooking Prestwick Road