List of local nature reserves in Greater London
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List of local nature reserves in Greater London

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Site	Photograph	Area	Location	Map	Details	Other classifications	Access	Description

Abney Park Cemetery	Abney Park Cemetery	12.54 hectares (31.0 acres)	Hackney 51°33′50″N 0°04′37″W / 51.564°N 0.077°W TQ 334 868	Map	Details	YES	This is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. It was closed to burials in 1978 and is now managed as a nature reserve.

Ackroyd Drive Greenlink	Ackroyd Drive Greenlink	0.87 hectares (2.1 acres)	Tower Hamlets 51°31′08″N 0°01′23″W / 51.519°N 0.023°W TQ 368 818	Map	Details	YES	The Greenlink is a green corridor between Tower Hamlets Cemetery and Mile End Park.

Adelaide	Adelaide Nature Reserve	0.90 hectares (2.2 acres)	Camden 51°32′35″N 0°09′40″W / 51.543°N 0.161°W TQ 276 843	Map	Details	PL	This nature reserve slopes down to a railway line. It is mainly neutral grassland, with areas of scrub and woodland.

Ainslie Wood	Path in Ainslie Wood	2.06 hectares (5.1 acres)	Waltham Forest 51°36′40″N 0°00′40″W / 51.611°N 0.011°W TQ 378 921	Map	Details	YES	This is ancient woodland which has mature oaks and wild service trees. It is known locally as Bluebell Wood on account of its spring display.

Alexandra Palace and Park	Alexandra Park	62.66 hectares (154.8 acres)	Haringey 51°35′38″N 0°07′48″W / 51.594°N 0.130°W TQ 296 900	Map	Details	YES	The park has a wide range of habitats for an urban area, and is particularly noted for its varied bird species.

Anton Crescent Wetland	Anton Crescent Wetland	1.04 hectares (2.6 acres)	Sutton 51°22′19″N 0°12′11″W / 51.372°N 0.203°W TQ 252 652	Map	Details	NO	The wetland is used as a flood storage area by the Environment Agency. It has open water, reed beds and willow trees.

Barnes Common	Cytisus scoparius Broom (shrub) on Barnes Common	41.68 hectares (103.0 acres)	Richmond 51°28′12″N 0°14′17″W / 51.470°N 0.238°W TQ 225 760	Map	Details	YES	The common is mainly wooded, with areas of grassland. Plane, lime and horse chestnut trees were planted in the late nineteenth century

Barnsbury Wood	Barnsbury Wood	0.32 hectares (0.79 acres)	Islington 51°32′31″N 0°06′54″W / 51.542°N 0.115°W TQ 308 842	Map	Details	PL	The wood was the garden of a vicarage. It is mainly sycamore, ash and lime.

Battersea Park Nature Areas	Nature area in Battersea Park	2.90 hectares (7.2 acres)	Wandsworth 51°28′48″N 0°09′04″W / 51.480°N 0.151°W TQ 285 773 51°28′52″N 0°08′56″W / 51.481°N 0.149°W TQ 286 774	Map	Details	YES	The nature areas have mixed woodland and scrub, four glades and a pond. There are twenty species of butterflies.

Beam Valley	River Beam in Beam Valley Country Park	39.29 hectares (97.1 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°32′17″N 0°10′23″E / 51.538°N 0.173°E TQ 508 844	Map	Details	YES	A park on the bank the River Beam. Historic features include tanks traps and pillboxes.

Beam Valley (Environment Agency)	Beam Valley	11.86 hectares (29.3 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°32′17″N 0°10′23″E / 51.538°N 0.173°E TQ 508 844	Map	Details	YES	Part of Beam Valley is owned by the Environment Agency, and it has been designated a separate LNR.

Beckenham Place Park	Beckenham Place Park	95.14 hectares (235.1 acres)	Lewisham 51°25′05″N 0°00′43″W / 51.418°N 0.012°W TQ 383 707	Map	Details	YES	The park has extensive ancient woodland, diverse acid grassland, a natural stretch of river and an old pond.

Bedfont Lakes Country Park	Bedfont Lakes Country Park lake	31.59 hectares (78.1 acres)	Hounslow 51°26′35″N 0°26′56″W / 51.443°N 0.449°W TQ 079 727	Map	Details	YES	The park has lakes created from a former landfill site, together with areas of grass and woodland.

Bedfords Park	Sunset over the pond at Bedfords Park	106.35 hectares (262.8 acres)	Havering 51°36′29″N 0°11′31″E / 51.608°N 0.192°E TQ 519 922	Map	Details	EWT	YES	This site has wildflower meadows, diverse woodland, several ponds and a lake, as well as a herd of red deer.

Belmont Pastures	Belmont Pastures	1.26 hectares (3.1 acres)	Sutton 51°20′46″N 0°11′56″W / 51.346°N 0.199°W TQ 255 623	Map	Details	YES	The pastures are grassland and scrub, and they have a wide variety of crickets, butterflies and grasshoppers.

Belsize Wood	Path in Belsize Wood	0.27 hectares (0.67 acres)	Camden 51°33′11″N 0°09′50″W / 51.553°N 0.164°W TQ 274 854	Map	Details	PP	This is a sloping wooded site with mature oak trees. It has a wide variety of insect species.

Bennett's Hole	Bennett's Hole and River Wandle	1.22 hectares (3.0 acres)	Merton 51°23′28″N 0°10′12″W / 51.391°N 0.170°W TQ 274 674	Map	Details	YES	Diverse habitats including woodland, marsh and scrub. The north has a variety of tree species, and the south has mainly crack willows and oaks.

Bentley Priory	Summerhouse Lake in Bentley Priory LNR	59.25 hectares (146.4 acres)	Harrow 51°37′16″N 0°19′55″W / 51.621°N 0.332°W TQ 156 927	Map	Details	SSSI	YES	This is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, principally for its meadows. It also has extensive woods and two ponds.

Big Wood and Little Wood	Path in Big Wood, N2	8.29 hectares (20.5 acres)	Barnet 51°34′59″N 0°11′24″W / 51.583°N 0.190°W TQ 255 887 51°35′10″N 0°11′35″W / 51.586°N 0.193°W TQ 253 890	Map	Details	YES	These two small woods are the remnants of the forest which once covered north London. It has birds rarely seen in London, such as the green woodpecker.

Blondin Park, Northfields	Blondin Park	2.34 hectares (5.8 acres)	Ealing 51°29′42″N 0°19′12″W / 51.495°N 0.320°W TQ 167 787	Map	Details	YES	The nature area of this park has a pond, an orchard and a wildflower meadow.

Bonesgate Open Space	Bonesgate Open Space	5.07 hectares (12.5 acres)	Kingston 51°21′40″N 0°17′28″W / 51.361°N 0.291°W TQ 191 638	Map	Details	YES	This is a path along the bank of the Bonesgate Stream. It is parkland with areas of hazel, and has a wide variety of breeding birds.

Bramley Bank	Bramley Bank	10.30 hectares (25.5 acres)	Croydon 51°21′14″N 0°03′29″W / 51.354°N 0.058°W TQ 353 634	Map	Details	LWT	YES	Bramley Bank has oak and ash woodland with a large pond, and areas of acidic grassland.

Brent Reservoir/Welsh Harp	The northern arm of the Brent Reservoir	97.31 hectares (240.5 acres)	Barnet Brent 51°34′16″N 0°14′42″W / 51.571°N 0.245°W TQ 217 873	Map	Details	SSSI	YES	Most of the site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, especially for its large number of breeding birds, including the great crested grebe.

Brockley Nature Reserve	A pond in Camley Street Nature Park	4.2 hectares (10 acres)	Lewisham 51°28′12″N 0°02′20″E / 51.470°N 0.039°E TQ 405 733	Map	Details	LWT	NO	This sloping railway cutting is mainly woodland with some areas of grassland, reeds and herbs. There are over 170 plant species, some unusual in the area.

Brookmill Road	Brookmill Road Local Nature Reserve	0.44 hectares (1.1 acres)	Lewisham 51°28′05″N 0°01′12″W / 51.468°N 0.020°W TQ 376 762	Map	Details	NO	A steeply sloping disused railway embankment. It is woodland, with the main trees being hornbeam and hazel.

Burnt Ash Pond	Burnt Ash Pond	0.13 hectares (0.32 acres)	Lewisham 51°26′28″N 0°01′12″E / 51.441°N 0.020°E TQ 405 733	Map	Details	NO	A small pond in the middle of houses, which has an extensive variety of aquatic animals, including many breeding toads, and plants, including great and hoary willowherb.

Camley Street Natural Park	A pond in Camley Street Nature Park	0.84 hectares (2.1 acres)	Camden 51°32′06″N 0°07′44″W / 51.535°N 0.129°W TQ 299 834	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This nature reserve on the bank of Regents Canal in Kings Cross has ponds and areas of meadows and woodland, with birds such as reed warblers and kingfishers.

Cannon Hill Common	Cannon Hill Common	14.16 hectares (35.0 acres)	Merton 51°24′00″N 0°13′19″W / 51.400°N 0.222°W TQ 238 683	Map	Details	YES	The common has meadows with plants such as meadow barley and meadow foxtail, and woodland dominated by ancient oak trees.

Castle Hill	Castle Hill	3.48 hectares (8.6 acres)	Kingston 51°21′29″N 0°17′28″W / 51.358°N 0.291°W TQ 191 635	Map	Details	SM	YES	This is the site of a medieval hunting lodge. It is woodland mainly of oak and hazel, with varied ground flora, including wood anemone and hairy St John's-wort.

The Chase - Barking	River Rom in The Chase Nature Reserve	44.15 hectares (109.1 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°33′00″N 0°11′02″E / 51.550°N 0.184°E TQ 515 857	Map	Details	YES	The Chase is a footpath along the River Rom. It has diverse habitats and wildlife includes water voles.

The Chase - Havering	The Chase Nature Reserve	1.39 hectares (3.4 acres)	Havering 51°33′29″N 0°11′02″E / 51.558°N 0.184°E TQ 515 866	Map	Details	YES	This is a continuation of The Chase in Barking. It has black poplar trees.

Cherry Wood	Cherry Wood	1.76 hectares (4.3 acres)	Merton 51°23′49″N 0°12′54″W / 51.397°N 0.215°W TQ 243 680	Map	Details	YES	The main trees are pedunculate oak, ash and horse chestnut. There are over twenty-five species of birds.

Chiswick Eyot	Chiswick Eyot channel at low tide	0.83 hectares (2.1 acres)	Hounslow 51°29′13″N 0°14′46″W / 51.487°N 0.246°W TQ 219 779	Map	Details	NO	This is a small wooded island in the Thames. The main trees are willows, and the island is surrounded by reed beds.

Coldfall Wood	Coldfall Wood	13.43 hectares (33.2 acres)	Haringey 51°35′49″N 0°09′43″W / 51.597°N 0.162°W TQ 274 903	Map	Details	YES	This is ancient woodland, mainly of hornbeam, oak, birch and sycamore. There are a number of ground plants which are rare in London, such as pale sedge, trailing St John's wort and lady-fern.

Coombe Hill Wood	Coombe Hill Wood	2.19 hectares (5.4 acres)	Kingston 51°25′08″N 0°15′04″W / 51.419°N 0.251°W TQ 217 703	Map	Details	YES	This wood is mainly oak, with an understorey of hazel coppice.

Coppett's Wood and Glebelands	Coppett's Wood	20.00 hectares (49.4 acres)	Barnet 51°36′32″N 0°09′32″W / 51.609°N 0.159°W TQ 276 916 51°36′14″N 0°10′12″W / 51.604°N 0.170°W TQ 268 910	Map	Details	YES	Coppett's Wood is mainly oak and hornbeam, and has a number of rare insects. Glebelands is a remnant of Finchley Common, and has woodland and ponds.

Covert Way	Path in Covert Way	6.77 hectares (16.7 acres)	Enfield 51°39′36″N 0°10′23″W / 51.660°N 0.173°W TQ 265 973	Map	Details	YES	Covert Way is deciduous woodland. Animals include muntjac deer, green and greater spotted woodpeckers, and white-letter and purple hair-streak butterflies.

Crane Park Island	Crane Park Island	2.67 hectares (6.6 acres)	Richmond 51°26′31″N 0°22′44″W / 51.442°N 0.379°W TQ 128 727	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This is an island in the River Crane. It has wet woodland, grassland and reed beds and fauna include kingfishers and water voles.

Cranebank, Hatton	Cranebank meadow	6.69 hectares (16.5 acres)	Hounslow 51°28′34″N 0°24′58″W / 51.476°N 0.416°W TQ 101 764	Map	Details	YES	Cranebank is flood meadows by the River Crane, which are under water in winter. There are twenty-six species of butterflies and twelve of damselflies and dragonflies.

Cranham Brickfields	Pond in Cranham Brickfields	8.69 hectares (21.5 acres)	Havering 51°33′50″N 0°16′41″E / 51.564°N 0.278°E TQ 580 875	Map	Details	YES	Cranham Brickfields has pasture, a pond, scrub and woodland. Invertebrates include the great crested newt and slowworm, and plants dyer's greenweed.

Cranham Marsh	Cranham Marsh	12.97 hectares (32.0 acres)	Havering 51°32′49″N 0°15′47″E / 51.547°N 0.263°E TQ 570 855	Map	Details	EWT	YES	This site's habitats include marshes, ponds and ancient woodland, and a tributary of the River Markyke runs through the site.

Cranmer Green	Cranmer Green	3.22 hectares (8.0 acres)	Merton 51°23′53″N 0°09′47″W / 51.398°N 0.163°W TQ 279 681	Map	Details	YES	The green has a pond, woodland and grassland. The pond is probably late eighteenth century in origin.

Crossness	Crossness Nature Reserve	25.50 hectares (63.0 acres)	Bexley 51°30′04″N 0°08′53″E / 51.501°N 0.148°E TQ 492 802	Map	Details	PP	This is a network of open water and ditches, with areas of rough grassland. There are over one hundred and thirty species of birds.

Cuddington Meadows	Cuddington Meadows	1.39 hectares (3.4 acres)	Sutton 51°20′02″N 0°12′50″W / 51.334°N 0.214°W TQ 245 610	Map	Details	YES	Cuddington Meadows is chalk grassland, and its most important feature is the variety of flowering plants. Sixteen butterfly species have been recorded.

Dacres Wood	Dacres Wood Local Nature Reserve	0.70 hectares (1.7 acres)	Lewisham 51°25′55″N 0°03′07″W / 51.432°N 0.052°W TQ 355 721	Map	Details	PL	The wood has some massive turkey oaks, and ornamental shrubs which are probably inherited from a time when it was a Victorian garden.

Dagenham Village Churchyard	Dagenham Village Churchyard	0.87 hectares (2.1 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°32′20″N 0°09′43″E / 51.539°N 0.162°E TQ 500 845	Map	Details	YES	The old gravestones and walls in the churchyard provide a habitat for lichens and mosses, and woodpeckers feed in an avenue of lime trees.

Danson Park Bog Garden, Welling	Footbridge in Danson Park	1.07 hectares (2.6 acres)	Bexley 51°27′14″N 0°06′50″E / 51.454°N 0.114°E TQ 470 749	Map	Details	YES	Danson Park has a large lake, and a marshy area at its western end has been converted into a nature reserve.

Denham Country Park	The River Colne in Denham Country Park	19.82 hectares (49.0 acres)	Hillingdon Buckinghamshire 51°34′26″N 0°29′06″W / 51.574°N 0.485°W TQ 051 872	Map	Details	YES	Three rivers go through the park, the Colne, the Misbourne and the Frays. Birds include herons and kingfishers.

Derwent Floodwash	Derwent Floodwash	1.83 hectares (4.5 acres)	Merton 51°23′31″N 0°13′34″W / 51.392°N 0.226°W TQ 235 674	Map	Details	YES	This is designed to store water during flooding of Pyl Brook, to prevent flooding downstream. It is wet grassland with a number of uncommon plant species.

Devonshire Avenue Nature Area	Devonshire Avenue Nature Area	0.42 hectares (1.0 acre)	Sutton 51°21′14″N 0°11′20″W / 51.354°N 0.189°W TQ 262 632	Map	Details	YES	This is mainly chalk grassland. It has the locally rare small blue butterfly, and the butterfly's food plant, kidney vetch.

Downham Woodland Walk	Downham Woodland Walk	2.82 hectares (7.0 acres)	Lewisham 51°25′48″N 0°00′07″E / 51.430°N 0.002°E TQ 393 720	Map	Details	YES	The walk is ancient woodland. Trees include pedunculate oaks, hornbeams and field maples, and there are invertebrates such as stag and fungus beetles.

Duke's Hollow	Duke's Hollow	0.27 hectares (0.67 acres)	Hounslow 51°28′23″N 0°15′22″W / 51.473°N 0.256°W TQ 212 763	Map	Details	YES	Duke's Hollow slopes steeply down towards the Thames. It is woodland mainly of willow.

Dulwich Upper Wood	Dulwich Upper Wood	1.74 hectares (4.3 acres)	Southwark 51°25′26″N 0°04′41″W / 51.424°N 0.078°W TQ 337 712	Map	Details	YES	This is a remnant of the Great North Wood. It is mainly oak, and animals include stag beetles and bats.

Eastbrookend Country Park	Bardag Lake in Eastbrookend Country Park	67.39 hectares (166.5 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°33′07″N 0°10′37″E / 51.552°N 0.177°E TQ 510 860	Map	Details	YES	The park is former derelict land planted with 50,000 small trees, and with grass and flower seeds suitable for poor soil.

Edith Gardens	Entrance to Edith Gardens	0.44 hectares (1.1 acres)	Kingston 51°23′20″N 0°17′02″W / 51.389°N 0.284°W TQ 195 669	Map	Details	NO	The site is abandoned allotments next to Tolworth Brook. Most of it is low diversity grassland, and there is also a thicket of young elms areas of brambles and some large mature trees.

Elmbridge Open Space	Elmbridge Open Space	9.35 hectares (23.1 acres)	Kingston 51°23′31″N 0°16′26″W / 51.392°N 0.274°W TQ 202 673	Map	Details	YES	This is a green walk along the bank of the Hogsmill River. There are willow trees by the river bank and plants such as meadowsweet and comfrey.

Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads	Fishpond Wood	5.92 hectares (14.6 acres)	Merton 51°25′19″N 0°14′53″W / 51.422°N 0.248°W TQ 219 707	Map	Details	LWT.	YES	Fishpond Wood has wetlands and oak and hazel woodlands, while Beverley Meads is a mosaic of woods and pastures.

Foots Cray Meadows	River Cray in Foots Cray Meadows	30.32 hectares (74.9 acres)	Bexley 51°25′30″N 0°07′26″E / 51.425°N 0.124°E TQ 478 717	Map	Details	YES	The River Cray runs through the meadows. They have a diverse landscape, including ancient woodlands and wildflower meadows.

Fox Wood	Fox Wood	2.25 hectares (5.6 acres)	Ealing 51°31′34″N 0°17′56″W / 51.526°N 0.299°W TQ 181 822	Map	Details	YES	Fox Wood was a reservoir which was drained in World War II to stop it being used as a navigational aid by German bombers.

Foxley Wood	Foxley Wood	11.36 hectares (28.1 acres)	Croydon 51°19′41″N 0°06′50″W / 51.328°N 0.114°W TQ 315 605	Map	Details	YES	Foxley Wood has chalk grassland and woods. There are badgers and roe deer, and over forty species of birds have been observed.

Frays Valley	Frays River in Frays Farm Meadows	71.87 hectares (177.6 acres)	Hillingdon 51°34′05″N 0°28′44″W / 51.568°N 0.479°W TQ 055 865	Map	Details	LWT, SSSI	YES	The Frays River goes through the wildlife rich valley. Flora include kingcups and ragged robin, and there are mammals such as harvest mice and water voles.

Fryent Country Park	Barn Hill Pond in Fryent Country Park	106.97 hectares (264.3 acres)	Brent 51°34′26″N 0°16′37″W / 51.574°N 0.277°W TQ 195 875	Map	Details	YES	The park has a varied landscape, including lakes, woodland and meadows. Over 800 species have been recorded, including 80 birds and 21 butterflies.

Gillespie Park	Gillespie Park pond	3.03 hectares (7.5 acres)	Islington 51°33′32″N 0°06′25″W / 51.559°N 0.107°W TQ 313 862	Map	Details	YES	Gillespie Park has an ecology centre, and it is mainly grassland. Bird species include reed bunting and song thrush, and there are also ponds with many invertebrates.

Grove Farm	Grove Farm, Ealing	8.07 hectares (19.9 acres)	Ealing 51°33′14″N 0°20′28″W / 51.554°N 0.341°W TQ 151 852	Map	Details	YES	Grove Farm has ancient woodland with wild service trees and a variety of wild flowers.

Gunnersbury Triangle	Pond dipping at Gunnersbury Triangle	2.57 hectares (6.4 acres)	Hounslow Ealing 51°29′38″N 0°16′16″W / 51.494°N 0.271°W TQ 201 786	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This has a varied habitat, including woodland and marshes. It has amphibians such as toads, newts and frogs.

Hainault Lodge	Hainault Lodge	5.60 hectares (13.8 acres)	Redbridge 51°36′25″N 0°07′48″E / 51.607°N 0.130°E TQ 476 919	Map	Details	NO	Hainault Lodge is ancient woodland and pasture. Butterflies include orange tips and speckled woods, and birds long-tailed tits, robins.

Ham Common	Latchmere Stream in Ham Common	40.27 hectares (99.5 acres)	Richmond 51°25′55″N 0°17′53″W / 51.432°N 0.298°W TQ 184 718	Map	Details	YES	The main trees in Ham Common are birch and oak, and there are also areas of acid grassland.

Ham Lands	Ham Lands	60.01 hectares (148.3 acres)	Richmond 51°26′06″N 0°19′30″W / 51.435°N 0.325°W TQ 165 720	Map	Details	YES	This is a former gravel quarry filled with soil types from across London, thus creating an unusual mosaic of habitats.

High Elms	Cuckoo Wood in High Elms	102.33 hectares (252.9 acres)	Bromley 51°20′46″N 0°04′19″E / 51.346°N 0.072°E TQ 444 628	Map	Details	SSSI	YES	Most of this country park is secondary woodland, but it retains much of the original ground flora with some rare species.

Hogsmill River Park	Hogsmill River Park	22.26 hectares (55.0 acres)	Kingston 51°23′53″N 0°16′34″W / 51.398°N 0.276°W TQ 200 680 51°22′59″N 0°15′50″W / 51.383°N 0.264°W TQ 209 663	Map Map	Details	YES	This is a linear park along the Hogsmill River. The landscape is varied, with pasture and mature willow and oak woodland.

Hounslow Heath	Hounslow Heath	83.14 hectares (205.4 acres)	Hounslow 51°27′25″N 0°23′06″W / 51.457°N 0.385°W TQ 123 743	Map	Details	YES	The heath has extensive acid grassland with some hay meadows, marsh and woodland.

Hutchinson's Bank	Hutchinson's Bank	21.77 hectares (53.8 acres)	Croydon 51°20′13″N 0°01′08″W / 51.337°N 0.019°W TQ 381 616	Map	Details	LWT	YES	Hutchinson's Bank is a sloping meadow bank, with a diverse ecology including pyramidal and common spotted orchids and the rare greater yellow-rattle.

Ingrebourne Valley	Ingrebourne Valley	146.62 hectares (362.3 acres)	Havering 51°32′06″N 0°12′25″E / 51.535°N 0.207°E TQ 532 841 51°31′26″N 0°11′49″E / 51.524°N 0.197°E TQ 525 828	Map	Details	EWT, SSSI	YES	The site has a wide range of habitats, rough grassland, woodland, marshes, river, reedbeds and wet grazing. There are fauna such as great crested newts, slowworms and harvest mice.

Isleworth Ait	Isleworth Ait	3.49 hectares (8.6 acres)	Hounslow 51°28′05″N 0°19′12″W / 51.468°N 0.320°W TQ 168 757	Map	Details	LWT	NO	This is an island in the Thames. It has poplar and willow woodland on land which is often flooded.

Islip Manor Meadows	Islip Manor Meadows	23.75 hectares (58.7 acres)	Ealing 51°32′53″N 0°23′17″W / 51.548°N 0.388°W TQ 119 845	Map	Details	YES	This is a diverse wet meadow site with over twenty grass and ten leguminous species. There are ponds with the protected great crested newt.

Jubilee Country Park	Path in Jubilee Country Park	28.67 hectares (70.8 acres)	Bromley 51°23′35″N 0°03′47″E / 51.393°N 0.063°E TQ 436 680	Map	Details	YES	The park has chalk grassland and woods with oaks, hawthorns and field maples. Some species are rare in London.

Jubilee Wood	Jubilee Wood	2.24 hectares (5.5 acres)	Kingston 51°20′35″N 0°19′37″W / 51.343°N 0.327°W TQ 166 618	Map	Details	YES	Trees in this wood include birch, pedunculate oak, field maple, goat willow and wych elm.

Kempton	Kempton Nature Reserve	22.80 hectares (56.3 acres)	Hounslow 51°25′26″N 0°23′35″W / 51.424°N 0.393°W TQ 118 707	Map	Details	SSSI	NO	This site is disused reservoirs which has many bird species. It is of national importance for wintering gadwall.

Lavender Pond	Lavender Pond	0.70 hectares (1.7 acres)	Southwark 51°30′18″N 0°02′17″W / 51.505°N 0.038°W TQ 363 803	Map	Details	PP	This used to be part of the Surrey Commercial Docks, now converted to a small wildlife pond.

Lesnes Abbey Woods	Lesnes Abbey Woods	73.13 hectares (180.7 acres)	Bexley 51°29′10″N 0°07′55″E / 51.486°N 0.132°E TQ 481 785	Map	Details	SSSI	YES	This site has ancient woodland, parkland, heath, wetland and hedgerows. A survey found 906 invertebrate species, 46 birds, 12 mammals, 59 fungi and 292 plants.

Litten	Litten Local Nature Reserve	10.7 hectares (26 acres)	Ealing 51°31′55″N 0°21′04″W / 51.532°N 0.351°W TQ 145 827	Map	Details	YES	Litten has a pond, woodland and a wildflower meadow.

Long Wood	Long Wood	1.20 hectares (3.0 acres)	Ealing 51°29′49″N 0°20′17″W / 51.497°N 0.338°W TQ 155 789	Map	Details	YES	This is ancient woodland which has varied tree and wildlife species.

Lonsdale Road Reservoir (Leg of Mutton Reservoir)	Lonsdale Road Reservoir	8.19 hectares (20.2 acres)	Richmond 51°28′55″N 0°14′49″W / 51.482°N 0.247°W TQ 218 774	Map	Details	YES	This disused reservoir has a wide variety of water birds, including tufted ducks and widgeons.

Lower Wandle	Lower Wandle River	2.52 hectares (6.2 acres)	Merton 51°25′59″N 0°11′31″W / 51.433°N 0.192°W TQ 258 720	Map	Details	YES	This is a stretch of the River Wandle, which is lined with mature trees, grassland and patches of herbs.

The Manor	Dagnam Park in The Manor Nature Reserve	67.96 hectares (167.9 acres)	Havering 51°36′50″N 0°14′13″E / 51.614°N 0.237°E TQ 550 930 51°36′29″N 0°14′38″E / 51.608°N 0.244°E TQ 555 923	Map	Details	YES	The Manor comprises several parks and diverse habitats. Plants include the common spotted-orchid and square stemmed St John's wort.

Maryon Wilson Park and Gilbert's Pit (including Maryon Park)	Maryon Park	17.52 hectares (43.3 acres)	Greenwich 51°29′13″N 0°02′31″E / 51.487°N 0.042°E TQ 419 784	Map	Details	SSSI	YES	Gilbert's Pit is a geological SSSI. Maryon Wilson Park is a hilly wooded site, which has a stream with rare plants.

Masons Field	Masons Field	2.87 hectares (7.1 acres)	Brent 51°35′00″N 0°16′25″W / 51.5833°N 0.27367240°W TQ 197 886	Map	Details	YES	This is a former London Underground sports ground next to Fryent Country Park, which has been converted to a wildflower meadow.

Mayesbrook Park South	Mayesbrook Park lake	7.55 hectares (18.7 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°32′24″N 0°06′29″E / 51.540°N 0.108°E TQ 463 844	Map	Details	YES	The park has a nature reserve with two large lakes, rough grassland and woodland.

Merton Park Green Walks	Merton Park Green Walks	1.49 hectares (3.7 acres)	Merton 51°24′43″N 0°12′00″W / 51.412°N 0.200°W TQ 253 697	Map	Details	YES	This site has a variety of habitats, including grassland and an inaccessible area of elm scrub and brambles.

Morden Park	Morden Park	28.19 hectares (69.7 acres)	Merton 51°23′35″N 0°12′43″W / 51.393°N 0.212°W TQ 245 675	Map	Details	YES	This park has woodland with 300-year-old oak trees. Birds include coal tits and spotted flycatchers.

Mudchute Park and Farm	Mudchute Park Farm	13.31 hectares (32.9 acres)	Tower Hamlets 51°29′31″N 0°00′43″W / 51.492°N 0.012°W TQ 381 789	Map	Details	YES	This is a city farm and nature reserve, with varied habitats including wetlands. There are invertebrates such as smooth newts and slowworms.

Myrna Close	Myrna Close	0.75 hectares (1.9 acres)	Merton 51°24′58″N 0°10′26″W / 51.416°N 0.174°W TQ 271 701	Map	Details	YES	This is a linear park on the route of a former railway. It has a small stream and two ponds, and wetland plants include brooklime.

Northolt Manor	Northolt Manor House moat	1.79 hectares (4.4 acres)	Ealing 51°32′38″N 0°22′08″W / 51.544°N 0.369°W TQ 132 841	Map	Details	SM	YES	This was a fourteenth century moated manor. It has wetland, scrub, woodland and grassland.

Nunhead Cemetery	Nunhead cemetery	20.23 hectares (50.0 acres)	Southwark 51°27′43″N 0°03′07″W / 51.462°N 0.052°W TQ 354 755	Map	Details	YES	This is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. It has a wide range of plants, and sixteen species of butterflies have been recorded.

Oak Avenue, Hampton	Oak Avenue Local Nature Reserve	1.85 hectares (4.6 acres)	Richmond 51°25′41″N 0°23′17″W / 51.428°N 0.388°W TQ 122 711	Map	Details	YES	This is former wasteland, where some new habitats have been created, including meadows and a pond, and others have grown up naturally.

Oak Hill Wood	Oak Hill Wood meadow with Oak Hill Park in the distance	9.88 hectares (24.4 acres)	Barnet 51°38′24″N 0°09′04″W / 51.640°N 0.151°W TQ 280 951	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This medieval oak wood has wild service trees, woodland flowers such as wood anemones and yellow archangels, and pipistrelle and brown long-eared bats.

Oakleigh Way	Oakleigh Way	0.64 hectares (1.6 acres)	Merton 51°24′43″N 0°08′56″W / 51.412°N 0.149°W TQ 288 698	Map	Details	YES	Oakleigh Way is a former railway depot converted to a nature reserve, which has birch woodland and wildflower meadows.

One Tree Hill	The Oak of Honour on One Tree Hill	6.95 hectares (17.2 acres)	Southwark 51°27′04″N 0°03′04″W / 51.451°N 0.051°W TQ 355 743	Map	Details	YES	Queen Elizabeth I is said to have picnicked under an oak at the top of the hill. It has many ancient trees.

Oxleas/Shooters Hill Woodlands	Path in Oxleas Wood	119.60 hectares (295.5 acres)	Greenwich 51°28′08″N 0°03′25″E / 51.469°N 0.057°E TQ 430 764 51°27′36″N 0°04′23″E / 51.460°N 0.073°E TQ 441 755	Map	Details	SSSI	YES	The woods have a wide variety of fungi and invertebrates, including the rare palmate newt. Oxleas Wood is over 8,000 years old.

Parkland Walk	Parkland Walk	14.31 hectares (35.4 acres)	Haringey Islington 51°34′26″N 0°07′16″W / 51.574°N 0.121°W TQ 303 878	Map	Details	YES	This is a 4.5 mile walk along the route of a former railway line. It has an area of acidic grassland with rare plants and insects.

Parsloes Park Squatts	Parsloes Park Squatts	4.28 hectares (10.6 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°32′42″N 0°07′48″E / 51.545°N 0.130°E TQ 478 851	Map	Details	YES	This is an area of neutral and acidic grassland in the park which has been set aside as a nature reserve.

Perivale Wood	Perivale Wood	8.02 hectares (19.8 acres)	Ealing 51°32′24″N 0°19′44″W / 51.540°N 0.329°W TQ 160 837	Map	Details	NO	Perivale Wood is ancient woodland of oak and ash. It also has rough grassland, and ponds and streams.

Pevensey Road	Pevensey Road Nature Reserve	10.21 hectares (25.2 acres)	Hounslow 51°26′53″N 0°23′24″W / 51.448°N 0.390°W TQ 120 733	Map	Details	YES	This is an area of scrub, woodland and wetland next to the River Crane.

Pyl Brook	Pyl Brook	1.31 hectares (3.2 acres)	Merton 51°23′13″N 0°12′07″W / 51.387°N 0.202°W TQ 252 669	Map	Details	YES	This is a stretch of Pyl Brook and adjacent land. It is mainly mature hawthorn and elm scrub.

Queen's Wood	Queen's Wood	21.07 hectares (52.1 acres)	Haringey 51°34′52″N 0°08′31″W / 51.581°N 0.142°W TQ 288 885	Map	Details	YES	The wood is mainly oak and hornbeam. Over a hundred species of spider have been recorded.

Raeburn Open Space	Raeburn Open Space	5.00 hectares (12.4 acres)	Kingston 51°23′35″N 0°16′48″W / 51.393°N 0.280°W TQ 198 674	Map	Details	YES	The Tolworth Brook flows through this site, which has young woodland, old hedgerows and rough grassland.

Railway Fields	Pond in Railway Fields	0.87 hectares (2.1 acres)	Haringey 51°34′34″N 0°06′04″W / 51.576°N 0.101°W TQ 317 881	Map	Details	YES	Railway Fields has varied habitats, including a pond, marshland, a meadow and woodland. Over 200 species of wild flowers have been recorded.

Rainham Marshes	Cows graze in Rainham Marshes	79.19 hectares (195.7 acres)	Havering 51°29′28″N 0°13′26″E / 51.491°N 0.224°E TQ 545 792	Map	Details	RSPB, SSSI	YES	The grasslands on this site have rare plants, insects and birds, and a large population of water voles.

Ravensbury Park	Ravensbury Park	7.04 hectares (17.4 acres)	Merton 51°23′49″N 0°10′48″W / 51.397°N 0.180°W TQ 267 680	Map	Details	YES	The park is next to the River Wandle and it has wetland bird species such as kingfishers and grey wagtails, together with woodland areas.

Ripple Nature Reserve	Ripple Nature Reserve	3.68 hectares (9.1 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°31′16″N 0°06′54″E / 51.521°N 0.115°E TQ 468 824	Map	Details	YES	Much of the Ripple is damp grassland, while drier areas have rare species such as yellow vetchling. There are a number of scarce insect species including the emerald damselfly.

Rose Walk	Rose Walk	2.69 hectares (6.6 acres)	Kingston 51°23′53″N 0°16′41″W / 51.398°N 0.278°W TQ 199 680	Map	Details	YES	Rose Walk is unmanaged grassland with wild flowers. The main grasses are oat grass, tall fescue and rye-grass.

Roundshaw Downs	Roundshaw Downs	19.61 hectares (48.5 acres)	Sutton 51°21′04″N 0°07′26″W / 51.351°N 0.124°W TQ 307 630	Map	Details	YES	Roundshaw Downs is chalk downland and woodland which has a wide variety of bird species, including great spotted woodpeckers.

Rowley Green Common	Rowley Green Common	5.82 hectares (14.4 acres)	Barnet 51°39′04″N 0°14′38″W / 51.651°N 0.244°W TQ 216 961	Map	Details	YES	The common is mainly oak and birch woodland, with some grassland, but it also has a sphagnum bog, which is rare in south-east England.

Ruffett and Big Woods	Big Wood, Sutton	7.01 hectares (17.3 acres)	Sutton 51°19′34″N 0°09′40″W / 51.326°N 0.161°W TQ 282 602	Map	Details	YES	Ruffett Wood has many sycamores and some old wild cherries, while Big Wood is dominated by sycamores. The ground flora is diverse.

Ruislip Local Nature Reserve	Ruislip Local Nature Reserve	4.42 hectares (10.9 acres)	Hillingdon 51°35′49″N 0°25′41″W / 51.597°N 0.428°W TQ 090 899	Map	Details	NNR, SSSI	NO	The woods have a diverse mixture of woodland, willow carr and open heath.

Scadbury Park	Scadbury Park	117.02 hectares (289.2 acres)	Bromley 51°24′40″N 0°05′38″E / 51.411°N 0.094°E TQ 457 701	Map	Details	YES	Scadbury Park has extensive ancient woodland, neutral grassland, and pasture which is let to a tenant farmer.

Scratchwood and Moat Mount Open Space	Scratchwood pond	55.16 hectares (136.3 acres)	Barnet 51°38′10″N 0°15′36″W / 51.636°N 0.260°W TQ 205 945	Map	Details	YES	Scratchwood has areas of ancient oak and hornbeam woodland. Moat Mount has open pasture and woodland.

Scrattons Ecopark and extension	Scrattons Eco Park	1.92 hectares (4.7 acres)	Barking and Dagenham 51°31′44″N 0°08′02″E / 51.529°N 0.134°E TQ 481 833	Map	Details	PP	This is former allotments converted to an ecopark to provide a range of habitats for plants and animals.

Selsdon Wood	Selsdon Wood	78.96 hectares (195.1 acres)	Croydon 51°20′17″N 0°02′35″W / 51.338°N 0.043°W TQ 364 617	Map	Details	YES	Selsdon Wood is a former shooting estate, which is now open pasture and woodland with a Memorial Pond.

Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood	Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood and Beverley Brook	1.66 hectares (4.1 acres)	Merton 51°23′24″N 0°14′24″W / 51.390°N 0.240°W TQ 226 671	Map	Details	YES	The wood has a varied range of birds and tree species.

South Norwood Country Park	Lake in South Norwood Country Park	43.55 hectares (107.6 acres)	Croydon 51°23′53″N 0°03′25″W / 51.398°N 0.057°W TQ 353 683	Map	Details	YES	The park has a lake and meadows. Over a hundred bird species have been recorded.

Southwood Open Space	Southwood Open Space	12.91 hectares (31.9 acres)	Kingston 51°23′06″N 0°16′12″W / 51.385°N 0.270°W TQ 205 665	Map	Details	YES	This is a linear park along the Hogsmill River. It is mainly meadow with elm scrub.

Spencer Road Wetlands	Spencer Road Wetlands	1.05 hectares (2.6 acres)	Sutton 51°23′06″N 0°09′47″W / 51.385°N 0.163°W TQ 279 667	Map	Details	LWT	NO	The wetland is next to the River Wandle. Habitats include reed swamp, willow Carr, a sedge bed and a pond.

The Spinney, Carshalton	The Spinney, Carshalton	0.40 hectares (0.99 acres)	Sutton 51°22′30″N 0°09′43″W / 51.375°N 0.162°W TQ 280 656	Map	Details	NO	This is mainly sycamore and London plane. Breeding birds include dunnocks and wrens.

Springfield Park	Springfield Park lake	13.59 hectares (33.6 acres)	Hackney 51°34′12″N 0°03′32″W / 51.570°N 0.059°W TQ 346 875	Map	Details	YES	The park is a Regionally Important Geological Site. It has diverse habitats and fifty-six species of birds.

St. John's Wood Church Grounds	St John's Wood Churchyard wildlife area	1.99 hectares (4.9 acres)	Westminster 51°31′55″N 0°10′08″W / 51.532°N 0.169°W TQ 271 830	Map	Details	YES	This closed cemetery has a wildlife area, trees and a formal garden.

Stanmore Common	Stanmore Common	49.2 hectares (122 acres)	Harrow 51°37′55″N 0°19′41″W / 51.632°N 0.328°W TQ 158 939	Map	Details	YES	The common has heathland and woodland. It also has two former village ponds, one of which still has a pump.

Stanmore Country Park	Stanmore Country Park	30.73 hectares (75.9 acres)	Harrow 51°37′19″N 0°18′25″W / 51.622°N 0.307°W TQ 173 928	Map	Details	YES	The park has large areas of acidic grassland, mainly common bent and Yorkshire fog. It also has woodland which is relatively young.

Streatham Common	Streatham Common	13.77 hectares (34.0 acres)	Lambeth 51°25′19″N 0°07′08″W / 51.422°N 0.119°W TQ 309 709	Map	Details	YES	The common has woodland mainly of oak, with other trees such as sycamore and beech. A damp area has rare plants.

Sue Godfrey Nature Park	Sue Godfrey Nature Park	0.60 hectares (1.5 acres)	Lewisham 51°28′44″N 0°01′23″W / 51.479°N 0.023°W TQ 374 774	Map	Details	YES	This site became a nature park in 1984 after a campaign by local residents. It has over two hundred species of flowers, trees and shrubs.

Sutcliffe Park	Sutcliffe Park lake	5.86 hectares (14.5 acres)	Greenwich 51°27′18″N 0°01′44″E / 51.455°N 0.029°E TQ 411 748	Map	Details	YES	The River Quaggy flows through this park, which also has wetlands and a lake with extensive reed beds.

Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds	Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds	1.33 hectares (3.3 acres)	Sutton 51°21′58″N 0°09′58″W / 51.366°N 0.166°W TQ 278 646	Map	Details	YES	The centre has a plane tree which is listed as one of the Great Trees of London. A pond has damselflies and dragonflies.

Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank	Folly in Sydenham Hill Wood	28.17 hectares (69.6 acres)	Southwark 51°26′06″N 0°04′26″W / 51.435°N 0.074°W TQ 340 724	Map	Details	YES	This is a mixture of ancient and modern woodland, and Victorian garden plants including a monkey puzzle tree.

Ten Acre Wood	Burning Brash at Ten Acre Wood, Hillingdon	N/Av	Hillingdon 51°32′31″N 0°25′12″W / 51.542°N 0.420°W TQ 097 838	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This is an oak plantation, with some hawthorns and blackthorns which provide a source of berries for birds.

Tolworth Court Farm Fields	Tolworth Court Farm Fields	43.31 hectares (107.0 acres)	Kingston 51°22′23″N 0°16′44″W / 51.373°N 0.279°W TQ 199 651	N/Av	Details	YES	The site has been farmed since Domesday, and is currently managed as neutral hay meadows. The damp northern field has plants typical of periodically waterlogged fields, such as creeping bent and marsh foxtail.

Totteridge Fields	Totteridge Fields	6.92 hectares (17.1 acres)	Barnet 51°37′55″N 0°14′02″W / 51.632°N 0.234°W TQ 223 940	Map	Details	LWT	YES	The fields are ancient hay meadows with hawthorn and blackthorn hedgerows, which provide nesting sites for birds.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park	Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park	11.60 hectares (28.7 acres)	Tower Hamlets 51°31′23″N 0°01′48″W / 51.523°N 0.030°W TQ 368 823	Map	Details	YES	This closed nineteenth century cemetery has ancient woodland and pastures sown with wild flowers.

Wandle Meadow Nature Park	Wandle Meadow Nature Park	3.44 hectares (8.5 acres)	Merton 51°25′26″N 0°10′59″W / 51.424°N 0.183°W TQ 264 710	Map	Details	YES	This site has woodland, wet grassland and temporary ponds. Breeding birds include bullfinches, whitethroats and reed buntings.

Wandle Valley Wetland	Wandle Valley Wetland	0.63 hectares (1.6 acres)	Sutton 51°23′02″N 0°09′54″W / 51.384°N 0.165°W TQ 278 666	Map	Details	NO	The wetland has frogs, toads and newts, and brown hawker dragonflies.

Westbere Copse	Westbere Copse	0.39 hectares (0.96 acres)	Camden 51°33′11″N 0°12′25″W / 51.553°N 0.207°W TQ 244 853	Map	Details	PL	The main trees in Westbere Copse are sycamore, oak, ash and aspen, with an understorey including snowberry, elder and elm.

Wilderness Island	Wilderness Island	2.73 hectares (6.7 acres)	Sutton 51°22′19″N 0°09′36″W / 51.372°N 0.160°W TQ 282 653	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This is an island in the River Wandle. It has diverse habitats, with woods, ponds, wild flower meadows and wetlands.

The Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary	The Wood, Surbiton	1.46 hectares (3.6 acres)	Kingston 51°23′24″N 0°18′11″W / 51.390°N 0.303°W TQ 182 670	Map	Details	PP	This used to be the garden of a large Victorian house. It has ancient woodland, and insects including stag beetles.

Wormwood Scrubs	Martin Bell's Wood in Wormwood Scrubs Park	13.40 hectares (33.1 acres)	Hammersmith & Fulham 51°31′16″N 0°14′13″W / 51.521°N 0.237°W TQ 223 817	Map	Details	YES	The nature area in the park has a wide variety of trees, including pedunculate oak and silver birch. Rare birds include marsh harrier and whinchat.

Yeading Brook Meadows	Yeading Brook in Yeading Brook Meadows	17.00 hectares (42.0 acres)	Ealing Hillingdon 51°31′44″N 0°24′40″W / 51.529°N 0.411°W TQ 103 823	Map	Details	YES	This is a meadow site along the Yeading Brook managed by the London Wildlife Trust. Invertebrates include Roesel's bush-crickets and shield bugs.

Yeading Woods (Gutteridge Wood and Meadows)	Gutteridge Wood and Meadows	Not available	Hillingdon 51°32′42″N 0°25′37″W / 51.545°N 0.427°W TQ 092 841	Map	Details	LWT	YES	This site has ancient oak and hazel woodland and wildflower meadows.

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One of the largest site, at 97.31 hectares (240.5 acres), is Brent Reservoir, most of which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its breeding birds, especially great crested grebes.

final_sentence: One of the largest site, at 97.31 hectares (240.5 acres), is Brent Reservoir, most of which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its breeding birds, especially great crested grebes.