This small square, in a congested area, has been unmanaged for some time and is developing by natural succession. The site highlights the improved nature conservation value of allowing formal gardening to ‘run wild’, and equally, the visual contrast between wild overgrown vegetation and nearby formal buildings.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Talbot Square
Borough: Westminster
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 0.09 ha
Description
Wildlife
The original framework of mature trees includes lime, London plane and a weeping ash, plus smaller laburnum, ornamental cherry and red-flowered hawthorn. Rhododendron, roses and spotted laurel form an overgrown shrubbery in the middle part. The grass has been left to grow tall, and the original rye grass invaded by taller grasses such as cock's-foot and meadow foxtail, with wildflowers including broad-leaved and rosebay willowherbs, feverfew, herb robert and creeping thistle. There is a large clump of butterfly-bush. Oak, cherry and ash saplings are naturally seeded.The site appears rich in insect life. A pair of robins is notable for such a small square in this type of locality, and reflects better feeding conditions and nesting cover than the nearby Norfolk Square for example.Facilities
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Talbot Square © Westminster City Council
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