Park

HA3 9TR [map]

This country park is a 100-hectare haven of traditional countryside in the heart of urban Middlesex.

Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, SE18 6HB [map]

191 Drayton Park, N5 1PH [map]

Gillespie Park is a nature reserve in Islington with insects, birds, wild flowers and pond life.

Bury Road, E4 7QW [map]

Gilwell Park is set in 108 acres on beautiful woodland north east of London, on the edge of Epping Forest.

SE10 0BW [map]

A recent habitat creation scheme, managed for environmental education and containing a wide range of habitats.

18-21 Morley Street, N1 9LL [map]

Groundwork is a group of charities helping people and organisations make changes in order to create better neighbourhoods, to build skills and job prospects, and to live and work in a greener way.

Bollo Lane, Chiswick, W4 5LN [map]

A wonderful educational nature reserve, lying between the District and Silverlink railway lines near Chiswick Park Station, famously saved from development by a local campaign in the 1980s.

Lee Valley Park, Hackney, E5 0SW [map]

Hackney Marshes is an area of grassland on the western bank of the River Lee, forming part of Lee Valley Park, which leads up to Hackney Stadium.

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The grassland and wetlands of this green support many plants and insects.

Fox Burrow Rd, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 4QN [map]

The park covers more than 300 acres, with a fishing lake, Zoo, guided walks, bridleways and the recently opened Nature Trail.

TW10 7SD [map]

An attractive area of scrub and grassland beside the River Thames, well known for its remarkably diverse plant life.

Superintendent of Hampstead Heath, Heathfield House, 432 Archway Road, NW6 4JH [map]

One of London's best loved open spaces, Hampstead Heath is a large park covering 790 acres and contains some of the highest points in London, including Parliament Hill, which has one of the best views of London’s skyline.

Croydon, Surrey, [map]

An extensive area of grassland, ancient woodland and scrub on the chalky soil of the Downs, which supports a wide variety plants, birds, insects and animals.

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A large common, with scattered areas of woodland and heathland and several ponds and lakes, providing good conditions for many different types of plant and insect.

RM4 1PH [map]

An old royal hunting park, comprising large areas of oak- hornbeam woodland with undisturbed grassland in an important historic landscape.

West Lodge Kenwood, Hampstead Lane, NW3 7JN [map]

Heath Hands is a volunteer organisation created to help conserve the special character of Hampstead Heath and to give everyone who enjoys the Heath an opportunity to make a difference.

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Flower-rich chalk grassland on a steep-sided mound, excavated from the nearby railway.

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Ancient woodland with a rich plant life, especially in damp areas along the River Beck, where a number of rare wetland plants can be found.

N5 1AR [map]

BR6 7JH [map]

A large complex of chalk grassland and ancient woodland, rich in plants and animals, containing an excellent diversity of orchids.