| Woodston Ponds | |
| Type: | Local Nature Reserve |
| Grid Ref Uk: | TL 177 980 |
| Location: | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| Area: | 8.9 hectares |
| Manager: | Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |
Woodston Ponds is an 8.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve between the River Nene and the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.[1] [2] It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]
The site was formerly settling ponds to remove washings from sugar beet. The east side has a lake with water birds such as grey herons, tufted ducks and pochards. In the west there is a reedbed which has pools and channels, with great crested newts and unusual species of water beetle.[3]
There is access by crossing a footbridge over the river from Viersen Platz and turning right along a footpath.