Top Field and Cozens Grove
{{Short description|Nature reserve in Hertfordshire, England}}
Top Field and Cozens Grove is a 6.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Wormley in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Broxbourne Borough Council.{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=21&N=&ID=1208|title=Top Field and Cozens Grove |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 15 March 2013 |accessdate= 16 February 2015}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271134138%27|title=Map of Top Field and Cozens Grove|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 16 February 2015}}
Top Field (also known as Wormley Top Field) is a wildflower meadow which is mown to provide a habitat for small mammals, birds and insects. In 2014 it was given the Green Flag Award. Cozens Grove is an ancient wood which has coppiced hornbeam and a medieval sunken ditch.{{cite web|url=http://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/leisure-parks-and-green-spaces/top-field-cozens-grove|title=Top Field Cozens Grove |publisher=Broxbourne Borough Council| accessdate= 16 February 2015}}
In 2010 Broxbourne Council proposed to remove the site from the Green Belt, which would have laid it open to development, but the proposal was dropped after campaigning by the Friends of Wormley Open Spaces.{{cite web|url=http://www.oss.org.uk/wormley-nature-reserve-saved/|publisher=Open Spaces Society|title=Wormley nature reserve saved|date=4 October 2010| accessdate= 16 February 2015}}
There is access from Cozens Lane West.
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{{Commons category|Top Field and Cozens Grove}}
{{Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}