Prestwick Road Meadows

{{Short description|Nature reserve in South Oxhey, Hertfordshire, England}}

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Prestwick Road Meadows is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in South Oxhey in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=&ID=1279 |title= Prestwick Road Meadows|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date =14 March 2013 |accessdate= 29 July 2015}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271082910%27|title=Map of Prestwick Road Meadows|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 29 July 2015}}

This site was formerly farm meadows. It has many insects and flowers include purple knapweed, yellow birdsfoot-trefoil and red clover. Old hedgerows still survive, and there is also a seasonal pond where frogs breed in the spring.{{cite web|url=http://www.hertslink.org/cms/content/15488274/16532622/prestwickrdw.pdf|title=Prestwick Road Meadows|publisher=Three Rivers District Council| accessdate= 29 July 2015}}

There is access from Prestwick Road between Little Oxhey Lane and Heysham Drive.