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Nature preserve in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
The Boardwalks
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationPeterborough, Cambridgeshire
OS gridTL 180 982
Area7.8 hectares
Managed byPeterborough City Council

The Boardwalks is a 7.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is owned and managed by Peterborough City Council.

The site runs along the north bank of the River Nene. It has ponds with water beetles, toads, Great Crested Newts and smooth newts. Bats nest in large willows, and birds include herons and woodpeckers.

The area is accessible by a trail from the road known as Thorpe Meadows as well as one that runs beside the north bank of the River Nene (starting at a footbridge over a water channel south of Water End).

References

  1. ^ "The Boardwalks". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. "Map of The Boardwalks". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
Local nature reserves in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge
East Cambridgeshire
Fenland
Huntingdonshire
Peterborough
South Cambridgeshire

52°34′08″N 0°15′36″W / 52.569°N 0.260°W / 52.569; -0.260

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