Masons Field is a 2.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in

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in the

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. It was declared an LNR in 2013, it is owned by London Underground Ltd and managed by

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on a 125-year leasehold. The site was part of a larger area called Masons Field, which was rented in 1426 by a mason called John Lyon. In the late sixteenth century it was shown as farmland on a map of Kingsbury produced by the landowner,

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. In 1927 the

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purchased the land to provide a sports ground for its employees. In the 1990s London Transport sold part of the land for housing, with the rest becoming public open space joined to the neighbouring

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. The

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contributed £47,000 to assist in restoring the site to a countryside habitat. The Barn Hill Conservation Group works with Brent Council to convert the site to a wildflower meadow. There is access from Fryent Country Park and from Larkspur Close.

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{{Local Nature Reserves in Greater London Nature reserves in the London Borough of Brent Local nature reserves in Greater London