Local Wildlife Site

Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation

Old Mortlake Burial Ground

Borough: Richmond upon Thames

Grade: Local

Access: Free public access (all/most of site)

Area: 1.47 ha

Description

Old Mortlake Burial Ground is a small cemetery with mature trees and flowery grassland.

Wildlife

This site is quite intensively managed, but its grasslands contain a reasonable diversity of wildflowers, including cat's ear, mouse-ear hawkweed, lady's bedstraw, oxeye daisy, bird's-foot trefoil and creeping cinquefoil. Some of these suggest an acid influence. The cemetery contains plenty of mature trees, mostly horse chestnuts, with a few yew, copper beech and cedar.

Facilities

sculptures/ monuments.

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Horse-chestnuts in spring © London Wildlife Trust

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