Description:
Willow Park was once a medieval deer park. The unimproved hay meadows are bordered by ancient hedgerows and more recent mixed plantations, planted by the Commission for New Towns in the 1980s. The meadows and rough grassland are home to many flowering plants, including several species of orchid, and to the grizzled skipper butterfly. Seven ponds of varying sizes attract a wide range of dragonflies and damselflies.