Spring Lane Meadows

Spring Lane Meadows

Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Lexden, Colchester, Essex
OS grid	TL972253
Area	2.0 hectares
Managed by	Colchester Borough Council

Spring Lane Meadows or Lexden Springs is a 2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.^[1]^[2]

The site has wildlflower meadows which are grazed by cattle. Birds include kingfishers, snipe and nightingales, and there are mammals such as otters and noctule bats.^[1]

There is access by a footpath from Lexden Road. The main meadow is surrounded by a rabbit-proof fence.

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References

1 2 "Spring Lane Meadows". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "Map of Spring Lane Meadows". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

Local Nature Reserves in Essex

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Castle Point	Canvey Lake

Chelmsford	Chelmer Valley Riverside Fenn Washland Galleywood Common

Colchester	Bull Meadow Colne Colne Valley Hilly Fields Lexden Park Salary Brook Spring Lane Meadows Tiptree Parish Field Welsh Wood

Epping Forest	Chigwell Row Wood Church Lane Flood Meadow Home Mead Linder's Field Nazeing Triangle Roding Valley Meadows Roughtalley's Wood Thornwood Common Flood Meadow Weald Common Flood Meadows

Harlow	Harlow Marsh Hawkenbury Meadow Parndon Woods and Common

Rochford	Hockley Woods Kendal Park Magnolia Fields Marylands

Southend-on-Sea	Belfairs Belton Hills Gunners Park Shoeburyness Old Ranges Southend on Sea Foreshore

Tendring	Holland Haven Pickers Ditch Meadow Wrabness

Thurrock	Grove House Wood Linford Wood

Coordinates: 51°53′29″N 0°51′52″E / 51.8914°N 0.8643879°E / 51.8914; 0.8643879

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