Harlestone Heath

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{{infobox park

| name = Harlestone Heath

| photo = Harlestone Heath south 6.jpg

| photo_caption =Harlestone Heath south

| type = Nature reserve

| grid_ref_UK = SP 721 646

| location = Northampton

| area = 2.6 hectares

| manager = Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

}}

Harlestone Heath is a {{convert|2.6|hectare|acre|adj=on}} nature reserve north-west of Northampton in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.{{cite web|url= http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/harlestone-heath |title= Harlestone Heath |publisher= Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |access-date= 13 March 2017}}

The site is two narrow strips on either side of the Northampton loop railway line between Northampton and Rugby, with a tunnel connecting the strips. A stream runs along the north-east boundary. It is acid heathland, which is rare in the county. Birds include green woodpeckers and siskins, and there are butterflies such as brown arguses and speckled woods.

There is access by footpaths from Harlestone Road through the Firs conifer plantation.

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