Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

Neutral grassland covers most of the site and is dominated by false oat-grass with frequent red fescue. Wildflowers include lady's bedstraw, bird's-foot-trefoil, meadow vetchling, common knapweed, bulbous buttercup, smooth tare and ox-eye daisy. Acid grassland occurs on some of the western lawns. Here the grassland has more common bent and sheep's fescue grasses. The characteristic sheep's sorrel is common here, with abundant cat's-ear and occasional mouse-ear hawkweed, tormentil and trailing St John's-wort (the last being rare in London).There are trees throughout the cemetery, occasionally forming a closed canopy. Small-leaved and common limes, holm oak and horse chestnut are the most frequent species. Dense bramble scrub is scattered throughout. Many of the tombstones are covered with ivy. Blue fleabane, bladder campion and dark mullein, all rare in inner London, occur on limestone graves. Male-fern and hart's-tongue are frequent on the brick boundary wall with the West London Line.There are a good range of butterflies and moths on the site. Butterflies include the notable purple hairstreak. Yarrow and oak-tree pugs, autumnal rustic, light brocade and olive moths occur on the site as well as the micro-moth Teleiodes decorella. Mammals include bats (common and soprano pipistrelles) and woodmouse.

Facilities

Cycle paths; historical features; sculptures/ monuments.