Danesbury Park

{{Short description|Park in Hertfordshire, England}}

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Danesbury Park is a {{convert|24.5|hectare|acre|adj=on}} public park and Local Nature Reserve in Welwyn in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=21&N=&ID=605 |title=Danesbury Park |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |date=13 March 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210192432/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=21&N=&ID=605 |archivedate=10 February 2015 }}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009337%27|title=Map of Danesbury Park|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 22 March 2015}}

The site was formerly the park of Danesbury House, and it still has some large mature trees which are important to wildlife, especially bats, owls, insects and fungi. The park also has grassland with many varieties of flowering plants, and which is managed by rare-breed cattle, and occasionally by cutting.{{cite web|url=http://www.welhat.gov.uk/article/1380/Danesbury|title=Danesbury|publisher=Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council|accessdate=22 March 2015|archive-date=7 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107054651/http://www.welhat.gov.uk/article/1380/Danesbury|url-status=dead}}

There is access from a number of roads including Codicote Road. Another Local Nature Reserve, Singlers Marsh is on the other side of Codicote Road.

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