Surrey Canal Walk is a green link connecting Burgess Park to Peckham that is well used by commuting and foraging bats. The majority of the site is made up of mature and young trees scattered throughout extensive amenity grassland with occasional tall ruderal vegetation, dense scrub and formal beds of introduced shrubs. There are opportunities to enhance the site through shrub and wildflower planting, as well as the introduction of nest boxes.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Surrey Canal
Borough: Southwark
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 2.79 ha
Description
Wildlife
The mature broadleaved trees are unlikely to be locally common. These include ash, London plane, lime, Norway maple, cherry, apple, damson, and rowan. Amenity grassland can be found throughout the site, while tall ruderal vegetation is present predominantly in the northern limit where it is tussocky and dense, and in discrete areas of disturbed ground under tree canopies where vegetation is sparse. Areas of introduced shrub are present in formal beds predominantly at the sites northern limit. Dense scrub is present along the south western boundary, with ivy growing over numerous walls. The invasive non-native plant Japanese Knotweed is present in various locations.Facilities
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