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...to the campaign site for the preservation of the Bath Road reservoir site in Reading!
This 150-year-old site covers 5.38 acres and lies to the north west of the Bath Road. It contains two underground reservoirs, covered entirely by vegetation. Isolated from human contact for the past 150 years, this site has been allowed to develop naturally into an ecosystem and a haven for wildlife, and has become home to a wide range of wildlife including protected species. Roebuck deer, badgers, owls, slow worms, muntjac, foxes, hedgehogs, and a variety of birds and butterfiles are just a few of the more commonly-sited creatures. The site is a wildlife oasis and an area of rare natural beauty. It provides a peaceful environment to the surrounding area, which is rarely found in town centres.
We understand the need for development, however this unique urban wildlife haven represents one of the
last remaining green spaces in the RG1 area and is a classic example of our heritage.
The Water Tower at the front is a Grade II listed building, a number of trees on the site are also under legal protection,
and the railway embankment to the north west is a designated wildlife corridor.
We feel that if Reading is to remain a pleasant place to live, green spaces such as this one should be preserved.
The site is currently owned by Thames Water who are planning to redevelop it into 96 residential units, thereby destroying the site and a 150 year old ecosystem.
Once it's gone, it's gone forever
Gerrald Durrell once said: "Remember that the animals and plants have no Member of Parliament they can write to; they can't perform sit-down strikes...they have nobody to speak for them except us, the human beings who share the world with them, but do not own it."
Quoted from "Catch Me a Colobus"
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