Historical version 7 of Burgess Field (view current version)
- Port Meadow
Burgess Field is a reclaimed landfill site and now home to a nature reserve with an active Friends group of volunteers, who plant trees, bulbs and wildflowers, and clear litter. The Friends website www.friendsofburgessfield.co.uk provides further information and an accurate hand drawn map of the paths. Burgess Field lies at the eastern edge of Port Meadow just north of the entrance from Aristotle Lane, and covers an area of approximately 75 acres. It is popular with walkers, bird watchers, joggers and dog walkers.
The Friends aim to preserve the present balance between scrub, open grassland and woodland to ensure as wide a range of habitats as possible. Wild life includes badger, fox and muntjac and rabbits and many woodland birds.
OS X co-ord:
449790
OS Y co-ord:
208695
(Latitude:
51.774725
Longitude:
-1.279751)