Hall Place (North) is located to the north of the historic Hall Place mansion and gardens, on the opposite side of Bourne Rd and east of Gravel Hill, running east into Biggs Hill Wood, with Shenstone Park continuing to the north-east between London Road and Old Road. The site includes acid grassland and native shrub plantings.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Hall Place (North) and Shenstone Park
Borough: Bexley
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 25.15 ha
Description
Wildlife
The site is dominated by parkland with fine historic avenues of lime. The majority of the site is amenity grassland, although there are areas of acid grassland and native shrub plantings. The acid grassland contains a number of scarce plants, including bird's-foot, pignut, knotted clover, parsley-piert, fiddle dock and common stork's-bill. Breeding birds include green and great spotted woodpeckers, and the short grass supports good numbers of feeding redwings in winter. A small area of broom scrub in Hall Place (North), where the grass is left to grow long, is rich in common wild flowers and good for invertebrates. Purple hairstreak butterflies occur around and undoubtedly breed in the oak trees. There is a strip of silver birches and scrub which hold breeding warblers in spring and summer. Shenstone Park includes an eclectic mix of trees, including non-natives such as turkey oak. Other plant species here include knotted clover and subterranean clover. Tawny owl is also present.Facilities
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