Aylesford Green
Aylesford Green is an attractive area for informal
recreation. The site has a variety of habitats including a wide
margin of long vegetation by the Aylesford Stream that forms an
important habitat for invertebrates. A small wooded area dominated
by ash and alder borders Boys Hall Road. Wood mice have been recorded
in this area and long-tailed tits are often seen perching in ash
trees, particularly in winter. Pollarded willows by the Aylesford
Stream provide an attractive area adjacent to Bentley Road. The site
is linked to South Willesborough by a pedestrian bridge over the
Channel Tunnel Rail Link onto Newtown Road. Banded demoiselle and
common blue damselfly have been recorded at the site.
Facilities
Open space for informal games
Access information
Gradient: flat
Surface: no defined
pathway, regularly mown grass. The site leads to a footpath
alongside the Aylesford Stream which is narrow and un-surfaced. This
leads to Boys Hall Road.
Resting Places: not
benches on site
Parking: at the lay-by off Bentley Road
This
site is in the Local
Nature Reserve