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Description: | At the rear of the Park-and-Ride car park on Pride Park is The Sanctuary a bird and wildlife reserve. It was formerly a gas works tip, and had long been protected from development as part of the green wedge policy of Derby City Council. However, it was not until 2001 that the importance and potential of this site was fully appreciated, when the work to create the Pride Park business site came to a close. The site has deliberately been kept quite bare and devoid of trees, which attracts birds like the skylark, meadow pipit, the common tern and many other species. Access is not possible onto The Sanctuary itself, without special permission. All main features can be easily viewed from a number of points around the perimeter fencing, all accessible from the car park. At the time of writing, it is open Monday-Saturday 7am to 7pm, but closed on Sundays and home football match days. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Eardley, Denis | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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