Nature Reserve / Woodland
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Lower Colne
Nature Reserve / Woodland
One of the finest river systems in London, connecting gravel pits and areas of wet woodland and supporting a remarkable range of wetland plants and animals.
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Mid Colne Valley
Nature Reserve / Woodland
A section of the Colne Valley with a remarkable range of high-quality wetland habitats, including three Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
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New River
Nature Reserve / Woodland
Probably London's cleanest river, this man-made waterway stretching from Hertfordshire to London now supports a range of aquatic plants, as well as fish, water birds and amphibians.
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Ninehams Wood, Lake Wood, South Park Paddocks and Holwood Estate
Nature Reserve / Woodland
BR2 6HU [map]
This stretch of ancient woodland and grassland contains some magnificent trees including the 'Wilberforce Oak', under which William Wilberforce is thought to have sat as he contemplated the abolition of slavery.
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Norsted Valley Woods
Nature Reserve / Woodland
A series of ancient woods, connected by old hedgerows and dotted with smaller areas of chalk grassland, this valley is one of the most beautiful of southeast London.
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Oxleas Woods
Nature Reserve / Woodland
Shooters Hill, [map]
A Site of Special Scientific Interest, the Oxleas woods cover 72 hectares and offers guided walks through the woods of oak, silver birch, hornbeam and coppice hazel.
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Pear Wood and Stanmore Country Park
Nature Reserve / Woodland
HA7 4LJ [map]
The ancient Pear Wood and the neighbouring Stanmore Country Park are home to an excellent range of uncommon plants and insects.
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Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve / Woodland
UB6 7FH [map]
This ancient wood and meadow forms one of Britain's oldest nature reserves.
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Queens Park
Nature Reserve / Woodland
Kingswood Avenue, Kilburn, NW6 6SG [map]
Queen's Park is an attractive and popular recreational area in North London.
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Railway Fields Local Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve / Woodland
N4 1SB [map]
A wonderful educational nature reserve with a mosaic of habitats on former railway land.
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Riddlesdown and The Rose and Crown Chalk Pit
Nature Reserve / Woodland
This wonderful area of chalk grassland, broken up by areas of woodland, scrub and chalk cliffs, supports many unusual plants and insects, particularly butterflies.
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The Ripple Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve / Woodland
A fine example of how nature can reclaim former industrial land, these 8 hectares of birch woodland, scrub and grassland, also include pyramidal and southern marsh orchids and wild basil.
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River Cray
Nature Reserve / Woodland
BR5 3QG [map]
One of London's finest chalk streams, with some excellent wildlife habitats, including the damp pastures of Footscray Meadows and the ancient North Cray Wood.
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River Ravensbourne, Ravensbourne Valley Woodlands, Hayes and Keston Commons
Nature Reserve / Woodland
Heathland and bog "rare habitats in London" combine with a series of woods along the valley of the River Ravensbourne.
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River Roding north of the Liverpool Street to Southend railway
Nature Reserve / Woodland
One of London's cleanest sections of river, where there are thriving plant and fish communities.
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Roundshaw Downs
Nature Reserve / Woodland
The former Croydon Airport has extensive chalk grassland, important for a number of rare plants and for breeding skylarks.
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Rowley Green Common
Nature Reserve / Woodland
EN5 3HS [map]
One of London's very few bogs is contained in this area of oak and birch woodland, heathland and grassland.
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Ruislip Woods and Poor's Field
Nature Reserve / Woodland
Care of Hillingdon Green Spaces,Uxbridge,Hillingdon,Denham UB8 1UW,UK, UB8 1UW [map]
One of London's two National Nature Reserves, this site includes a large area of ancient woodlands, as well as heathland and grassland.
