This delightfully tranquil spot was created by Lambeth Council in the 1980s. Habitats include woodland, scrub and meadow grassland. Also here is perhaps the best wildlife pond in Lambeth borough.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Palace Road Nature Garden
Borough: Lambeth
Grade: Borough
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 0.67 ha
Description
Wildlife
Trees and shrubs include evergreen oak, sycamore, Swedish whitebeam and several conifers, as well as pedunculate oak and ash. There is also a dense understorey of garden privet, holly, hawthorn, elder and cherry-laurel. Ivy and bramble carpet the ground, with cow parsley and bracken. A wealth of water plants may be seen in the pond, including broad-leaved pondweed, water-lilies, whorled water-milfoil, water-plantain, arrowhead and flowering-rush. Common club-rush, branched bur-reed, lesser pond-sedge, purple-loosestrife, jointed rush and yellow iris grow at the water's edge. Trifid bur-marigold, marsh-marigold and water mint are also here. A range of animal pond-life includes pond-skaters, water boatmen, snails, freshwater mussels and dragonflies, together with smooth newts.Facilities
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The entrance gate at Palace Road Nature Garden © Iain Boulton
A junior conservation volunteer at Palace Road Nature Garden © Iain Boulton
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