Newton Farm Ecology Park

Lovely green space to explore, nice change up from the busy urban surrounds

The wildflower garden if you can find it was disappointingly small and I mean small. Nice for a walk on a nice sunny day. The pond was so overgrown if I hadn't been told about it I wouldn't have realised it was there.

This park is very unkempt. The foliage is overgrown and the pond is full of rubbish and smells really bad. Looks like the bushes are used by people to smoke etc.

Nice for a walk but might be too wild for some people.

This is the closest park to my house but avoid it. Play area is small and not enough for the kids. No path all the way around the park so impossible with a buggy of kids on scooters. Generally always rubbish there dont think its maintained well atall

As a casual passing visitor on a very cold winter's day, the Park offered a welcome natural break in the midst of suburbia. It was easy to see how much work has gone into the Park already, but it is what it is - an Ecology Park.The sign at the Park's entrance says:Historically Newton Farm has been a Saxon tithing, a mediaeval common field and a Victorian sewage farm. After the construction of the Metropolitan Line, the surroundings changed from a haymaking community to suburban metroland. The wildlife reduced dramatically in variety and numbers. It is hoped that the ecology park will attract many of the lost species back to the area.The ecology park incorporates a flood-relief facility which retains water on the site for long periods. This enables growth of wetland plants and will attract a new range of animals, birds and insects.Spring and summer flowering meadows have been sown. A woodland belt, using native species, was introduced to provide shelter, screening and definition of the grassland areas.How the park is managedThe spring and summer meadows will be left uncut until the wildflowers and grasses have flowered and shed ripe seeds. The trees and shrubs in the woodland belt will develop naturally. Pioneer tree species, such as alder and birch, will be removed over the years, to allow space for trees, such as oak and ash, to dominate. Leaf litter and decaying wood will encourage wildlife.How you can helpEach creature or plant has others to depend upon it. It is important to leave the balance of nature disturbed. Look and listen carefully and you may find more wildlife.Join a local nature conservation group and help protect London's wildlife heritage.

Small wildlife park, with pleasant walking route in sight of the River Roxborne.

It's like a beautiful jungle surrounded by the nature with animals lakes.