A usually closed nature reserve in west London will open for two days in April so the public can see the wood carpeted with bluebells.
At 27 acres in size, Perivale Wood sits just next to the Central line railway and is one of the oldest dedicated nature reserves in the UK. Set up as a bird sanctuary at a time when all around here were fields, it was an unusually farsighted vision of how urban sprawl could someday leave no large swathes of woodland for birds.
Now, each spring, the woods are blanketed by a vast number of bluebells, which turn otherwise green and brown floors into a riot of violet-blue flowers that carpet the landscape.
They open the nature reserve when they hope the bluebells will be at their bluest and bestest – which this year is estimated to be Saturday 18th and Saturday 25th April.
Tickets cost £5.50 for adults and £2 for children.
All the money raised will go towards their work in looking after the Nature Reserve.
Book tickets below:
Saturday 18th April 10am to 1pm
Saturday 18th April 1pm to 4pm
Saturday 25th April 10am to 1pm
Saturday 25th April 1pm to 4pm
Tea, coffee and cakes will be on sale in the Bluebell Centre, and there are toilet facilities.
Getting to Perivale Wood
The wood is about a 10-minute walk from Perivale tube station on the Central line.
When you leave the tube station, turn right and cross over on the pedestrian crossing. Then walk up to Selbourne Gardens, walk along to Salvia Gardens, and at the end of that, turn left. The nature reserve is a few yards along the road on your right and is signposted by the road.
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