Friends of Tiddenfoot Waterside Park
Location
Tiddenfoot Waterside Park is located on the southern edge of Leighton Buzzard, with its main entrance and car park on Mentmore Road just south of Cedars Upper School. It is also accessible on foot or bike via a footbridge from the Grand Union Canal towpath, and from a tarmac footpath on the west side of the canal along the boundary of Cedars Upper School.
If using satnav or online maps, the nearest postcode is LU7 2AE.
Welcome to our website
Click here for more details about the park's features and here for information about access for those with impaired mobility
This former sand quarry has reverted to nature as wild plants and animals have been encouraged to reoccupy the land. The park is now a place for people and wildlife, open to anyone for walking or cycling on the surfaced paths.
The walk around the lake is just less than one mile. Wooden benches have been placed at several locations providing pleasant vistas. The absence of steep gradients makes the circular route ideal for visitors with pushchairs, and most is accessible to wheelchairs. The two specially-designated spaces in the car park are only for use by vehicles displaying a valid disabled parking permit.
Low-impact play and exercise equipment has been installed at several points around the park, providing a healthy attraction for families with young children.
Two small wooded areas are signposted as being wildlife conservation areas where entry is not permitted. Fishing is restricted to members of the Leighton Buzzard Angling Club.
The park is owned by Central Bedfordshire Council and managed in partnership with the Greensand Trust and the Leighton Buzzard Angling Club.
In an emergency
If you see wildlife injured or in distress, please call the Greensand Trust Ranger Service on 01525 237760.
Please report any instances of water pollution or high numbers of dead fish to Leighton Buzzard Angling Club on 01525 634826.
Friends win Green Flag Award again July 2018
Come and join an enthusiastic and sociable band of volunteers in a litter pick at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park, Mentmore Road, Linslade on
Friday 3rd March 2017 (09.30 - 12.30)
Last year's efforts by volunteers helped to give one of the Town's most beautiful amenities its spring clean, leaving it a very pleasant place to walk, run or just sit down and watch the wildlife.
All equipment will be provided, litter pickers, gloves and plastic bags. All you need is a stout pair of shoes or boots and some warm clothing. The area to be picked will be traffic free and the task not too demanding.
Why not come and join us for a morning's work and have some fresh air and fun whilst improving our local environment.
BELOW A stretch of the Mentmore Road hedge "laid" by a Friends volunteer team - see "Vegetation" page for more
What's on at Tiddenfoot
Please go to our Events page for more details of activities at the park and to sign up for our email updates.
Planting the next generation
Our Conservation Action Days in January and February saw a small group of volunteers plant some 370 new "whips" (saplings) that will, over time, become a new hedge along the boundary with Cedars Upper School.
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Newly-planted oak tree donated by David Kaye, a regular visitor to Tiddenfoot with his dog Blaize.
Thanks!
Thank you to Leighton Linslade Town Council for their grant of £500. This is the third time that LLTC have helped us in this way.
The bulk of this money was used to purchase a notice board to display more information about the Friends group to general park users.
CBC have generously donated £100 towards the notice board.
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