This long narrow site, mainly used by dog walkers, provides a safe route to avoid the adjacent road for both pedestrians and horse riders, the latter along a permissive bridleway. The site provides extensive views towards the north, an uncommon feature for open spaces in this area.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Chelsfield Green
Borough: Bromley
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 4.56 ha
Description
Wildlife
The grassland has many species found in meadows including common knapweed, oxeye daisy, wild carrot, and common sorrel. Cowslip and salad burnet are both unusual species for London and reflect the underlying chalk bedrock. Numerous species of legume are present including red clover, lesser trefoil, black medick, hairy tare, smooth tare, common vetch and grass vetchling. Hedges and planted scrub of hazel, hawthorn and field maple with young ash trees provide structure around the site. Wild clematis sprawls over large areas of scrub and ground in the north west of the site. Much of the grassland is cut once a year as a hay meadow, allowing wild flowers to grow and set seed.Facilities
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Self-heal © Mike Waite
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