This attractive churchyard is a valuable green oasis in a heavily built up part of the London. The grave of Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan dramatist and contemporary of Shakespeare, is here.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
St Nicholas Churchyard, Deptford
Borough: Greenwich
Grade: Borough Grade II
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 0.31 ha
Description
Wildlife
Most of the numerous trees here are London planes. This is a good site to study ferns; two regionally uncommon species occur here - rustyback, which is particularly rare in London, and maidenhair spleenwort.Facilities
Sculptures/monuments
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