Cranebank Explained

Cranebank is a Local Nature Reserve on the east bank of the River Crane in Hatton in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is owned and managed by Hounslow Council.[1] [2] It is also part of The Crane Corridor Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.[3] [4]

The site

Cranebank has water meadows which have a number of locally rare species, such as cuckoo flower and ragged robin. It also has ox-bow lakes, and there are 26 species of butterflies and 12 of damselflies and dragonflies.[1]

The reserve is part of a park which has a variety of names. An old notice on the site calls it River Crane Park, while a newer one shows it as part of Crane Valley Park, which stretches along the River Crane from Great Chertsey Road to the Grand Union Canal.[5] It is also shown as part of the six mile long linear Crane Valley Park by London Gardens Online,[6] while London's environmental information centre, Greenspace Information for Greater London, calls it Dudset Farm Pastures.[4] [7] The London Loop long-distance walk goes through the reserve, and the directions show it as Crane Bank Park.[8]

Access

There is access from Earhart Way and Waye Avenue Open Space.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cranebank, Hatton. 4 March 2013. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 31 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133844/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=cranebank&ID=766. 2 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Map of Cranebank, Hatton. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 31 August 2013.
  3. Web site: The Crane Corridor. Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. 31 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022204016/http://www.gigl.org.uk/online/site-Details.aspx?sID=M076&sType=sinc. 22 October 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: iGiGL data portal (map). Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. 31 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140114132930/http://www.gigl.org.uk/online/. 14 January 2014. dead.
  5. Noticeboards by the Earhart Way entrance to the reserve
  6. Web site: Crane Valley Park. London Parks and Gardens Trust. 31 August 2013.
  7. Web site: Dudset Farm Pastures. Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170426152411/http://www.gigl.org.uk/online/site-Details.aspx?sID=OS_Ho_0239&sType=park. 2017-04-26. dead.
  8. Web site: London Loop Section 10: Hatton Cross to Hayes and Harlington. Transport for London. 31 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120612165906/http://www.walklondon.org.uk/uploads/File/leaflets/loop10directions_31052010155312.pdf. 12 June 2012.

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