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Henley Sidings
Henley Sidings is a nature reserve near Henley-in-Arden in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. The site is a 500 metre long railway embankment adjacent to the North Warwickshire Line. It is limestone grassland and scrub, which has a variety of wild flowers including woolly thistle, fairy flax and lady's bedstraw. The sward is maintained by rabbits, and there are other fauna such as yellow meadow ant The yellow meadow ant (''Lasius flavus''), also known as the yellow hill ant, is a species of ant occurring in Europe (where it is one of the most common ants), Asia, and North Africa. Populations in North America are now considered a different, ...s, 20 species of butterfly, around 200 of beetle, and butterflies and moths. The entrance to the reserve is next to the gate to Park Farm, off the access road to the Henley Golf and Country Club. References {{coord, 52.298555, -1.7856726, type:landmark_region:GB-BNE, display= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Henley may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Henley, Dorset, a location * Henley, Gloucestershire, a location * Henley-on-Thames, a town in South Oxfordshire, England ** Henley (UK Parliament constituency) ** Henley Rural District, a former rural district in Oxfordshire * Henley, Acton Scott, a location in Shropshire * Henley, Bitterley, a location in Shropshire * Henley, Suffolk, a village in Suffolk, England * Henley, Somerset, a hamlet south of Crewkerne, England * Henley Fort, Victorian fort near Guildford, Surrey * Henley-in-Arden, a small town in Warwickshire, England * Henley, West Sussex, a location * Henley, Box, Wiltshire * Henley, Buttermere, Wiltshire United States * Henley, Missouri, an unincorporated community in southwestern Cole County * Henley, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Henley, Oregon, unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States * Henley Cay, tropical islet in the United States Virgin Islands Elsewhere * Henley, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henley-in-Arden
Henley-in-Arden (also known as simply Henley) is a town in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. The name is a reference to the former Forest of Arden. Henley is known for its variety of historic buildings, some of which date back to medieval times, and its wide variety of preserved architectural styles. The one-mile-long (1.6 km) High Street is a conservation area. In 2020 the population of the civil parish of Henley-in-Arden was estimated at 1,855. Whilst the population of its urban area which includes adjoining Beaudesert was 2,984. Location and geography Henley-in-Arden is approximately 9 miles west of the county town of Warwick, 15 miles southeast of Birmingham, 8 miles east of Redditch and 9 miles north of Stratford upon Avon (where the road between Stratford and Henley was named Henley Street). (in a footnote) The county border with Worcestershire is 5.5 miles to the west. It is located in a valley of the River Alne, which separates Henley from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is a Wildlife Trust and Registered Charity covering the county of Warwickshire and Solihull and Coventry in the county of West Midlands, England. The Trust aims to protect and enhance wildlife, natural habitats and geology throughout Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. (Solihull and Coventry, were formerly in Warwickshire and are now in the West Midlands county.) Trust The Trust headquarters are at Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve near Brandon in Warwickshire. Brandon Marsh is one of 65 reserves that the Trust oversees, including Bubbenhall Wood and Meadow near Coventry, Wappenbury Wood by Princethorpe, Ufton Fields near Southam and the River Arrow Nature Reserve in Alcester Alcester () is a market town and civil parish of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England, approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Redditc .... The trust was founded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Warwickshire Line
The North Warwickshire Line (also known as the Shakespeare Line) is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. It runs from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, now the southern terminus of the line, although until 1976 the line continued to Cheltenham as part of the Great Western Railway route from Birmingham to Bristol. The line is one of the Snow Hill lines. It is not electrified and is operated by West Midlands Trains using Class 172 diesel multiple units. The northern part of the line is suburban in nature, and has a regular and busy commuter service into central Birmingham. The southern part (south of ) is rural in nature, and has a less frequent service, with a number of rural request stops. Despite the name, the line does not pass through the area commonly known as North Warwickshire, instead, the name of the line was believed to be derived from that of the local hunt. History Early history The original plans for the line w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolly Thistle
''Cirsium eriophorum'', the woolly thistle, is a herbaceous biennial species of flowering plant in the genus '' Cirsium'' of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Europe. It is a large biennial plant with sharp spines on the tips of the leaves, and long, woolly hairs on much of the foliage. The flower heads are large and nearly spherical, with spines on the outside and many purple disc florets but no ray florets. Description A tall, biennial plant, ''C. eriophorum'' reaches heights of . The strong, branched stem is densely woolly hairy but has no wings. The stiff leaves are usually pinnate with strong, yellow spines; the lowest leaves are up to long. The leaf margins are rolled over and the underside of the leaf is felted with white hair. The inflorescence is cymose with a few large flowers with a diameter of up to . These are globular and densely covered with woolly hair. They contain many tubular florets, with long purple tubes and purple stamens, each w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Flax
''Linum catharticum'', also known as purging flax, or fairy flax, is an herbaceous flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Great Britain, Iceland, central Europe and Western Asia. It is an annual plant and blooms in July and August. It is a known host of the pathogenic fungus flax rust Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, ''Linum usitatissimum'', in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. Textiles made from flax are known in ... (''Melampsora lini''). References catharticum Flora of Western Asia Flora of Europe Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Malpighiales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady's Bedstraw
''Galium verum'' (lady's bedstraw or yellow bedstraw) is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia from Israel, Lebanon and Turkey to Japan and Kamchatka. It is naturalized in Tasmania, New Zealand, Canada, and the northern half of the United States. It is considered a noxious weed in some places. ''Galium verum'' is a low scrambling plant, with the stems growing to long, frequently rooting where they touch the ground. The leaves are long and broad, shiny dark green, hairy underneath, borne in whorls of 8–12. The flowers are in diameter, yellow, and produced in dense clusters. This species is sometimes confused with ''Galium odoratum'', a species with traditional culinary uses. Uses In medieval Europe, the dried plants were used to stuff mattresses, as the coumarin scent of the plants acts as a flea repellant. The flowers were also used to coagulate milk in cheese manufacture (which gives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Meadow Ant
The yellow meadow ant (''Lasius flavus''), also known as the yellow hill ant, is a species of ant occurring in Europe (where it is one of the most common ants), Asia, and North Africa. Populations in North America are now considered a different, related species, '' Lasius brevicornis''. The queen is 7–9 mm long, males 3–4 mm and workers 2–4 mm. Their colour varies from yellow to brown, with queen and males being slightly more darkly colored. The species lives primarily underground in meadows and very commonly, lawns. The nests are often completely overgrown by grass, however, often their presence is betrayed by small mounds of loose soil material between the grass stalks. They will also nest under large rocks or concrete slabs. Lawn nesting will eventually become obvious as the aphids clear sections of grass or portions of gardens. The yellow meadow ant feeds on the honeydew from root aphids, which they breed in their nests. During winter, the aphids thems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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