Bure Park
The first houses were built in 1997 (about the time the first Green Gym was formed) on what was Slade Farm. The developers left a "breathing space" in the middle, which has proved very popular for dog walking, exploring, and unfortunately, vandalising. The area was granted Nature Reserve status in 2005.
The Reserve is a narrow, winding site between the housing estate and the London to Birmingham railway line. Habitats there include grass meadow, young broad-leaved woodland, hedges and scrub. A small river (the Bure) runs through the site, feeding a small pond which is home to great crested newts. A balancing pond at one end of the Reserve is fed by run-off from the area. Bure Ark may be a more appropriate name for the place as it really does host an abundance of wildlife! More pictures can be seen in the Past Events Section.
 | Nature Reserve sign |  | Information board |  | Stone entrance markers |
 | Wood in the spring sun |  | Frosty cow parsley |  | By the community woodland |
