Belsize Wood
Belsize Wood is a 0.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve and a Site of Nature Conservation Interest, Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Belsize Park in the London Borough of Camden. It is a steeply sloping site divided into a northern half, which is always open to the public and is of lesser ecological value, and a southern part which is in a better state of conservation, and which is only open at weekends. The two halves are separated by a public footpath between Lawn Road and Aspern Grove. The site is owned and managed by Camden Council. History A railway tunnel runs under the site, built by the Midland Railway Company, which owned the site in the 1860s, and there is a railway ventilation shaft in the north west corner.Map on noticeboard at entrance to the site From 1948 British Railways leased the land for various uses, including tennis courts and nursery gardens. In 1971 Camden Council acquired the land, and in the 1980s built the Russell Nurseries housin ...
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Belsize could refer to: * Belsize Park – also known as 'Belsize' – a neighbourhood in London, the United Kingdom * Belsize (ward), a ward named after Belsize Park, London * Belsize, Hertfordshire, a hamlet in Hertfordshire * Belsize architects, a firm of architects based in Belsize Park, London * Belsize Motors, a former automobile-manufacturing firm based in Manchester {{disambig ...
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