Camley Street Natural Park is an urban nature reserve near King's Cross in central London. Comprising 0.8 ha (2 acres) of land on the banks of the Regent's Canal, the park is a sanctuary for wildlife and an education centre. It is run by the London Wildlife Trust. A visitors' centre caters for casual visitors and school parties, though tours must be booked. A variety of habitats co-exist in the park's small environs, including wetlands, meadow and woodland, which attract insects, amphibians, birds, and at least six species of mammals -- not counting homo sapiens! Kings Cross is an place in the London Borough of Camden. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Regents Canal is a canal across an area just to the north of central London. ... London Wildlife Trust is one of 47 UK Wildlife Trusts which form a nationwide network of local nature conservation charities. ... Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... A meadow is a tract of grassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta. ... Subclasses and Orders Order Temnospondyli - extinct Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct Subclass Lissamphibia   Anura   Caudata   Gymnophiona Amphibians (class Amphibia; from Greek αμφις both and βιος life) are a taxon of animals that include all tetrapods and four-legged vertebrates that do not have amniotic eggs, are ectotherms, and generally spend part of their time... Orders Many - see section below. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...

In shape the park is a narrow strip of land bounded by the canal, Camley Street and Goods Way. The entrance is through an ornate gate on Camley Street. The old industrial surroundings are being redeveloped as part of the plans for King's Cross Central (formerly known as the Railway Lands), following the completion of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link construction work, scheduled for 2007. This should increase the park's popularity: formerly the area was part of the kerb-crawling district. Whether such a small space is able to cope with a large increase in visitors remains to be seen; for example, the developers have outline planning permission for building a footbridge over the canal and alongside the park's northern boundary, but the Wildlife Trust opposes it. Kings Cross Central (KXC) extends to approximately 25 Hectares. ... A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the new extension to the barrel-vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ... The De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam. ...

Admission to the park is free. Its opening hours and days change with the funding it is able to win.

See also

Camden parks and open spaces The London Borough of Camden is arguably the greenest of the Inner London boroughs. ...

External links

• London Wildlife Trust