This site consists of a churchyard with a mosaic of regularly-mown grass and some taller neutral grass growing on gravel soils.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
St Martin's Churchyard, Chelsfield
Borough: Bromley
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 1.03 ha
Description
Wildlife
Primrose is common in the northern part of the site. There is an excellent lichen community with over 40 species present on the tombstones. The grassland supports a good range of grassland fungi, including the rarity pink waxcap, which occurs regularly in good years. The flint walls have a large and important population of the nationally scarce wall bedstraw, as well as wall-rue and pellitory-of-the-wall. Bats roost in the church belfry.Facilities
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View of St Martin’s Churchyard, Chelsfield © Ewa Prokop
View of St Martin’s Churchyard, Chelsfield © Ewa Prokop
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