Colney Heath Local Nature Reserve is a 22.5 hectare
Local Nature Reserve in
Colney Heath in
Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Colney Heath Parish Council. The site was acquired in the 1950s and 1960s, and it is a Hertfordshire Heritage Site.
The site is acid grassland, which is unusual in Hertfordshire, and the
River Colne runs through it. The heath is managed to maintain the grassland and the diversity of plant species along the river.
[ A London ]coal-tax post
Coal-tax posts are boundary marker posts found in southern England. They were erected in the 1860s and form an irregular loop between 12 and 18 miles from London to mark the points where taxes on coal were due to the Corporation of London. There ...
is located on the north side of the river in the north-east corner of the site.[
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{{Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire
Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire
City of St Albans