Masons Field is a 2.9 hectareLocal Nature Reserve (LNR) inKingsbury in theLondon Borough of Brent. It was declared an LNR in 2013, it is owned byLondon Underground Ltd[1] and managed byBrent Council on a 125-year leasehold.[2][3]
The site was part of a larger area called Masons Field, which was rented in 1426 by a mason called John Lyon. In the late sixteenth century it was shown as farmland on a map of Kingsbury produced by the landowner,All Souls College, Oxford. In 1927 theLondon General Omnibus Company purchased the land to provide a sports ground for its employees. In the 1990sLondon Transport sold part of the land for housing, with the rest becoming public open space joined to the neighbouringFryent Country Park.[4] TheHeritage Lottery Fund contributed £47,000 to assist in restoring the site to a countryside habitat.[5] The Barn Hill Conservation Group works with Brent Council to convert the site to a wildflower meadow.[6]
There is access from Fryent Country Park and from Larkspur Close.
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