Tottenham Marshes are made up of three main sections; Clendish Marsh, Wild Marsh West and Wild Marsh East. Together they form a large expanse of rough grassland, some of it damp, with smaller areas of scrub and wildflowers. The Pymme’s Brook flows through the site, owned and run by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. The marshes have long been popular for leisure activities and regularly receive 75,000-100,000 visitors a year. Tottenham Hotspur played here in the late 1800s, until they rented their first ground.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Tottenham Marshes
Borough: Haringey
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 31.42 ha
Description
Wildlife
The area has a very diverse range of plants, including the nationally scarce wall bedstraw and yellow vetchling. Other species are uncommon in London, such as bee orchid, grass vetchling and Babington's poppy. Butterflies include a colony of brown argus, rare in inner London. Skylarks breed here and short-eared owls are occasionally seen in winter.Facilities
Information; car park; picnic tables; walking routes
Skylark feeding chick © P N Watts/English Nature
Grass vetchling © Dave Dawson
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