Fairlop Waters
100ac/40ha
Grid ref: TQ 460 905
Updated 31/12/2023.
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Fairlop Waters country park was created on the site of the former spitfire base, RAF Fairlop, and the area has also been used for landfill. It has a large lake, used for sailing, a smaller one, used for angling, and a golf club. It also includes a nature reserve, landscaped and planted up by Redbridge Council.
This area and the surrounding farmland form an important refuge for some of our declining birds, including skylarks, corn buntings and linnets, and also for brown hares.
Visiting
Off Forest Road, which runs from the Fulwell Cross roundabout in Barkingside south of Hainault to join the A1112.
Fairlop tube station is a short walk up Forest Road from the main entrance.
Accessible at all times.