The Lairage Land - Misplaced Pages

The Lairage Land is a 4.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Watford in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Watford Borough Council.

The site is mainly rough grassland, with some woodland and scrub. The River Colne runs along its southern boundary, with stream water crowfoot and yellow water lily growing in the stream. There are birds such as whitethroats and green woodpeckers, gatekeeper and small tortoiseshell butterflies, and Roesel's bush-crickets.

There is access from Jellicoe Road.

References

^ "The Lairage Land". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
"Map of The Lairage Land". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

Areas of
Watford

Transport

Rail transport

Railway lines	Abbey Line Metropolitan line Watford DC line West Coast Main Line
Open stations	Bushey Carpenders Park Garston Watford (LU) Watford High Street Watford Junction Watford North
Train operating companies	Avanti West Coast London Overground West Midlands Trains
Closed & abandoned stations	Watford railway station (1837–1858) Watford Central Watford Stadium Watford West
Disused railways	Croxley Green Branch Line Watford and Rickmansworth Railway Watford North Curve
Disasters	Watford rail crash
Future projects	Cassiobridge Croxley Rail Link Watford Vicarage Road

Bus transport

Cycling & walking

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amenities

Sport	Sun Sports Watford F.C. Watford F.C. Watford F.C. Ladies Watford Town Cricket Club Ground Vicarage Road
Attractions	The Grove The Pumphouse Theatre and Arts Centre Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Watford Colosseum Watford Palace Theatre Watford Museum
Parks & woodland	Albans Wood Cassiobury Park Garston Park Harebreaks Wood The Lairage Land Whippendell Wood
Facilities	Watford General Hospital
Shopping	Atria Watford
Canals & rivers	River Colne River Gade Grand Junction Canal Grand Union Canal
Heritage & architecture	Cassiobury House Holy Rood Church, Watford St John's Church, Watford St Mary's Church, Watford Watford Museum Watford Town Hall Grade II* listed buildings

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Primary schools	Primary schools in Watford
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Colleges & universities	Centre for Missional Leadership West Herts College

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Other

v t e Local nature reserves in Hertfordshire
Broxbourne	Cheshunt Park Top Field and Cozens Grove
Dacorum	Howe Grove Wood Shrubhill Common
East Hertfordshire	Waterford Heath
Hertsmere	Fisher's Field Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny Hilfield Park Reservoir
North Hertfordshire	Ivel Springs Norton Common Oughtonhead Common Purwell Meadows Therfield Heath Weston Hills
St Albans	Batford Springs Colney Heath Marshalls Heath Watercress Wildlife Site Wheathampstead The Wick
Three Rivers	Chorleywood Common Chorleywood House Estate Croxley Common Moor Oxhey Woods Prestwick Road Meadows Rickmansworth Aquadrome Stockers Lake The Withey Beds
Watford	Albans Wood Cassiobury Park Garston Park Harebreaks Wood The Lairage Land
Welwyn Hatfield	The Commons Danesbury Park Howe Dell Mardley Heath Northaw Great Wood Country Park Oxleys Wood Sherrardspark Wood Singlers Marsh Stanborough Reedmarsh