page_title: Wormwood Scrubs
section_title: Local Nature Reserve
hierarchical_section_title: Wormwood Scrubs / Local Nature Reserve
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Thymelicus lineola ve Wormwood Scrubs Park, Londýn, Anglie, Velká Británie. English: Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) in Wormwood Scrubs Park in London, England, Great Britain. Camera location51°&#160;31′&#160;14.06″&#160;N, 0°&#160;14′&#160;44.99″&#160;W&#160;&#160;&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs, is an open space in Old Oak Common located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the Borough, at 80 ha, and one of the largest areas of common in London. The eastern part, known as Little Wormwood Scrubs, is cut off by Scrubs Lane and the West London Line railway. It has been an open public space since the Wormwood Scrubs Act of 1879.
  The southern edge of the Scrubs is the site of two locally important buildings. At the western end is HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, built between 1875 and 1891 by convict labour. To the east of the prison is the Hammersmith Hospital campus, which includes the relocated Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
  Within the area are several sports facilities, including the Linford Christie stadium, tens of football pitches and a pony centre. Queens Park Rangers Football Club played on Wormwood Scrubs between 1893 and 1896.
context_section_description: Areas of Wormwood Scrubs are a Local Nature Reserve. These areas include Braybrook Woods, Martin Bell's Wood and the Central Woodland Copse. Habitats include woodland (plantation), scrub and grassland. Animals include common lizards, over 100 species of bird and 20 species of butterfly. This site is currently being managed by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in collaboration with Groundwork UK.
caption: Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) in Wormwood Scrubs
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