This is an attractive little park, with the character of a village green, alongside the River Crane in Twickenham. The river corridor is shaded by overhanging trees and fenced off from the park itself.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Moormead Recreation Ground
Borough: Richmond upon Thames
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 4.96 ha
Description
Wildlife
Most of the park comprises informally managed short grass, but there are plenty of daisies and other low-growing wild flowers, such as lesser trefoil and dove's-foot crane's-bill. Where the grass is allowed to grow longer towards the edges of the site, swathes of cow parsley, with creeping buttercup and common mallow enhance the rural character of the site. Mature trees include ornamental cherry, Lombardy poplar and avenues of a purple form of Norway maple, sycamore and London plane. A fair range of common birds can be found here, such as blackbird, collared dove, blue tit, chaffinch, and ring-necked parakeet, the latter now ubiquitous in west London.Facilities
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