London Wildlife Trust

London Wildlife Trust is an English wildlife charity based in London.

Founded in 1981, London Wildlife Trust is one of 46 members of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (known as The Wildlife Trusts), each of which is a local nature charity for its area. The Trust manages 36 nature reserves in Greater London and provides education services for schools, events for nature enthusiasts, and information on how to help London's wildlife.

The Trust pioneered the systematic recording of data on wildlife and the environment in the capital. Its "Biological Recording Project" became the semi-independent "Greenspace Information for Greater London", known as GIGL.Frith, 2012

The Trust has more than 50 members of staff and 700 volunteers, and is supported by over 12,000 members. Its reserves receive over 1 million visits per year.For a Wilder City, p. 5London Wildlife Trust, Annual Review, 2008–2009

In its 2024 strategy document the Trust sets out its vision and mission, as well as plans for a five-year period. The trust states its vision is to be "a London alive with wildlife, nature in everyone's neighbourhood."https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-09/LWT%20Strategy%202030.pdf Strategy 2030

Nature reserves

Sites Site LocationPublic access DescriptionBirdbrook Road Nature ReserveKidbrooke NoA reserve in Kidbrooke and one of London's most important strongholds for newts.Braeburn ParkCrayfordYes A former orchard, quarry and landfill site reclaimed by nature and now managed in partnership with the Land Trust.Bramley BankCroydon YesRestored woodland and heathland in Croydon which typifies London's semi-natural habitats, providing a home for stag beetles and woodpeckers.Camley Street Natural ParkKing's Cross YesCamley Street Natural Park is in central London – between King's Cross and St Pancras.Centre for Wildlife GardeningEast Dulwich YesWildlife garden and visitor centre in a residential street in East Dulwich.Chapel BankCroydonYesA chalk grassland reserve with butterflies.Crane Park IslandWhitton YesA variety of habitats including woodland, reedbed, ditches, ponds and river. On a site formerly used for gunpowder production in Whitton.Denham Lock WoodHillingdon YesAn example of wet woodland in London, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the Colne Valley.Dews Farm Sand PitsHillingdon YesA combination of acid grassland and young woodland habitats in Harefield, Hillingdon.Farm Bog WimbledonYesOne of the largest of London's six remaining lowland bogs on Wimbledon Common.Frays Farm MeadowsUxbridge YesOne of the rare wet grazing meadows in London and part-designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), near Uxbridge, Hillingdon.Frays Island and Mabey's MeadowWest DraytonYesAlder and willow woodland set between the Rivers Colne and Frays in West Drayton.Gunnersbury TriangleChiswick YesA reserve framed by intersecting railway lines, close to Chiswick Park Station.Gutteridge Wood and MeadowsHillingdon YesAn ancient oak and hazel coppice woodland and adjacent associated meadows in North Hillingdon. The woodland has bluebells in spring and a year-long haven for birds and wildflowers.Huckerby's MeadowsHillingdon YesWildlife reserve beneath the flight approach to Heathrow Airport.Hutchinson's BankCroydon YesAn area of chalk grassland and woodland, supporting rare plants and insects.Ickenham MarshIckenham YesAn array of wetland plants dominate this riverside site.Isleworth AitIsleworth NoAn sanctuary for birds, beetles and rare molluscs on an island in the middle of the River Thames.New Cross Gate CuttingBrockley NoAn area of woodland in South London set on the slopes of a deep railway cutting, which supports 170 species of flowering plantsOak Hill WoodBarnet YesThis steeply-sloping medieval woodland in East Barnet is home to bats, rare trees and flowers.Park Road PondHillingdon YesA site with amphibians in Uxbridge.RiddlesdownCroydon YesA chalk grassland and yew woodland in North Downs.Saltbox HillGreater London YesThis rare fragment of surviving downland in Biggin Hill is said to have inspired a local man called Charles Darwin.Spencer Road WetlandsBeddington Corner NoAn area of wet willow woodland and reed swamp next to south London's River Wandle.Sydenham Hill Wood and Cox's WalkSydenham Hill YesA mix of new and ancient woodland in Dulwich, with remnants of Victorian gardens. The Trust's oldest nature reserve.Ten Acre Wood and MeadowsHillingdon YesA century-old oak plantation over hazel coppice in Hillingdon.The GroveHillingdonYesA remnant of an old Victorian garden in Hillingdon, the site is aided by the presence of wetland areas.Kevington Yes This mixed woodland reserve close to the Cray Valley on London's Kent border was formerly part of the estate of a Georgian manor house.Threecorner GroveCroydonYesA chalk woodland on London's southern extremity.Totteridge FieldsBarnet YesTraditional English countryside within London's northern fringe in Barnet.Walthamstow WetlandsWalthamstowYes 15 minutes from central London.West Kent Golf CourseDowne YesIn the rough grass, a natural habitat with butterflies and orchids.Wilderness IslandCarshalton YesWhere two arms of the River Wandle meet in South London.Woodberry Wetlands Hackney Yes Woodberry Wetlands is in Hackney: 11 hectares of reed-fringed ponds and dykes.Yeading Brook MeadowsHillingdon YesWild flowers and grasses dominate this meadow in West London's Yeading Valley, hosting insect life.

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