This cemetery is a haven of peace and tranquillity next to a busy road backing onto sports pitches and university campus land. Habitats for wildlife include grassland, scattered trees and woodland as well as the stonework of the graves and walls.There is free public access during cemetery opening hours.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Uxbridge and Hillingdon Cemeteries
Borough: Hillingdon
Grade: Borough Grade II
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 7.74 ha
Description
Wildlife
The flower-rich grassland is dominated by red fescue and features mouse-ear hawkweed, burnet saxifrage, germander speedwell and yarrow. Patches of taller grasses and flowers provide variation. The gravestones and walls are well vegetated with lichens and bryophytes, and are worthy of a further survey.The scattered trees are both native and introduced species. They include yew, holly, common lime, monkey puzzle and other conifers. The woodland is mainly of pedunculate oak, ash and sycamore, over elder and rhododendron.Birds seen regularly in the cemetery include green woodpecker.Facilities
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Ferns growing from funerary stonework © London Wildlife Trust
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