Tentelow Lane Woodland is an ancient woodland dominated by pedunculate oak, hornbeam and English elm. The southern half is managed by the Council and is one of the best examples of ancient woodland in the Borough. Tentelow Meadow supports a fine mosaic of acid and neutral grassland. In some places, areas of surface soil have been scraped away revealing a layer of gravel under the soil. It is managed as a traditional hay meadow.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Tentelow Lane Woodland and Meadow
Borough: Ealing
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 9.3 ha
Description
Wildlife
The southern half of the wood has abundant bluebells in spring, with bracken and creeping soft-grass also present. The bottoms of the scraped areas in the meadow are sparsely vegetated, but support some interesting mosses and lichens, including dog lichen. Patches of squirrel-tail fescue occur on the edges of the scraped areas. Parts of the meadow are acid in character, dominated by common bent and red fescue. Most of the meadow is more neutral, with grasses such as Yorkshire-fog, cock's-foot and false oat-grass. Colourful wild flowers, including oxeye daisy, several clovers and vetches, are also to be found here. The amenity grassland in the south end of the sports pitches supports a large population of blinks which is an uncommon plant in London. Native hedges have been planted around these fields and Skylarks can be heard singing here in the summer.Facilities
Waymarked walking route
View of Tentelow Lane meadow © L B Ealing
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