Lejondals naturreservat

Protected since: 1975, extended in 2017

Size: 312 hectares of which 253 hectares of land

Character: coniferous forest, agricultural landscape, lake

Municipality: Upplands-Bro

Landowners: Upplands-Bro municipality, Bro Häradsallmänning and private

Manager: Upplands-Bro municipality

Form of protection: nature reserve

The reserve is best reached by car. There are signs from the Finnstaron junction in Bro. Follow Lejondalsvägen and then Hällkanavägen to the reserve parking lot. The address is Hällkanavägen 13.

By public transport there are various options. From Bro commuter train station take the bus to the Rosendal stop. Then walk about two kilometers to the reserve. From Bro school you can also follow Upplands-Broleden to the reserve (about 5 km).

To protect the Lejondal Nature Reserve, there are rules you must follow.

In the reserve it is forbidden to:

1. drive a motorized vehicle other than on a designated road, park other than in a designated place or stay overnight in a caravan or motorhome
2. make fires other than in designated places
3. ride or bring a dog that is not on a leash
4. have a dog within the bathing area (incl. sandy beach and jetties) from May 1 to September 30
5. within the bathing area at Hällkana friluftsgård, moor a boat and otherwise moor or put up a boat on the beach for more than two consecutive days in the same place
6. camping for more than two consecutive days in the same place
7. breaking branches, felling or otherwise damaging living or dead trees and shrubs or digging up plants and picking cowslips and lilies of the valley
8. dig, hack, drill, blast, carve, paint or otherwise damage rock, soil or stone
9. without the municipality's permission, organize camps, competitions, training sessions or similar for more than 100 participants
10. without the municipality's permission, put up a poster, sign or similar