Rowley Lodge Field
{{Short description|UK nature reserve}}
Rowley Lodge Field is a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Arkley in the London Borough of Barnet.{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/map.aspx|title=iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites|publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London|year=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015142729/http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/map.aspx|archive-date=2012-10-15}}
Rowley Lodge Field is an old hay meadow, with flower rich grassland and scattered oak trees. It has a good diversity of wild flowers, including great burnet and pignut, both characteristic of unimproved grassland. Patches of acid grassland are dominated by red fescue, and also contain abundant sheep's sorrel and tormentil.{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=BaBII23&sType=sinc|title=Rowley Lodge Field|publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London|year=2006|access-date=9 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224171439/http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=BaBII23&sType=sinc|archive-date=24 December 2012}}
Access is by a footpath from Rowley Lane near the junction with Rowley Green Road. A stile on the left then leads to another footpath which goes through Rowley Lodge Field to a small wood and then to Brickfield Lane.
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Nature Conservation in Barnet|first=Janet |last =Hewlett|publisher=London Ecology Unit|year=1997|isbn=1-871045-27-4}}
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{{Nature reserves in Barnet}}
Category:Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet
Category:Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet