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Heathland Habitat Audit

Heathland Areas within Greater London

Borough

Site

Heathland Area (ha)

Comments

L.B. Barnet

Rowley Green Common

0.05

plus two smaller patches

Bexley

Lesnes Abbey Wood

1.2

Joyden’s and Chalk Woods

0.7

plus 6.3 ha. of ‘potential’ heathland

Bromley

Chislehurst Common

0.1

plus two smaller patches

Crofton Woods

0

Hayes Common

4.8

plus several smaller scattered patches

Keston Common

1.2

plus several smaller scattered patches

St Pauls Cray Common Wood

1.3

Scadbury Park

0

Hampstead Heath (West, East and Sandy Heath)

0.9

in widely scattered patches

Croydon

Croham Hurst

0.3

plus 1.8 ha of ‘potential’ heathland

Addington Golf Course & Shirley Heath

3.7

Addington Hills

4.0

plus 5.4 ha of ‘potential’ heathland

Spring Park & Threehalfpenny Wood

0.2

Hall Grange

0.1

Greenwich

Bostall Heath

1.1

Scattered plants within areas of acid grassland

Harrow

Grimsdyke Golf Course

-

No contact found

Harrow Weald Common

0

Stanmore Common

6.9

Hillingdon

Mad Bess Wood and Poor’s Field

8.5

Hounslow

Hounslow Heath

2.4

Kingston upon Thames

Coombe Hill Golf Course

0.9

Merton

Mitcham Common

1.5

Wimbledon Common

12.0

Richmond upon Thames

Richmond Park

0

Barnes Common

-

Small patch

East Sheen Common

-

Only 1 heather plant

Bushy Park

0

Wandsworth

Wimbledon Common

28.0

London Total

80 ha

NB: Sub totals may not add up to totals due to rounding. Sites with no heathland are included to highlight data received from site contact.

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