Litten Nature Reserve in Greenford is to reopen to the public later this month after being closed for more than a year.
The small nature reserve, on Oldfield Lane South, will welcome visitors back on 20 June 2026 from 2pm, with free entry and volunteers on hand to show people around.
The reserve, described by Friends of the Litten Nature Reserve as a “little gem”, has five ponds, woodland walks and mature oak and ash trees.
Although closed to the public, it has continued to host Forest School sessions and school visits.
The site was saved from housing development in the 1980s by the Friends of the Litten Nature Reserve.
It also has a notable local history. Part of the land was once farmland and part of the garden of a dower house linked to the former manor house, now the community centre. A Second World War bomb destroyed the house on 10 October 1944, with the resulting crater now one of the reserve’s ponds.
John Morrell, secretary of Friends of the Litten Nature Reserve, said families were welcome to come along, enjoy the woodland and have teas and coffees by the hut.
The reserve is on the E10 bus route, near the Farndale Crescent stop. The postcode is UB6 9JX
