This is an attractive garden on the site of the former Wren church of St Mary, Aldermanbury. The church was destroyed in the Second World War and its remains exported for a college chapel and memorial to Winston Churchill in Missouri USA. The gardens are open 24 hours a day.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Aldermanbury Gardens
Borough: City of London
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 0.1 ha
Description
Wildlife
From a naturalist's standpoint, the remaining tombstones and old stone walls around the northern section of the garden support the most interesting feature of the site. These have been colonised by ferns, including a large population of maidenhair spleenwort, plus black spleenwort, hart's tongue and male fern. The garden contains a good mixture of ornamental trees, a knot garden made from box hedging (which symbolises the burial here of two friends of Shakespeare), a giant 'basket' made from living willow stems, and several flower beds. House sparrow, blackbird, woodpigeon and blue tit are found in the garden.Facilities
Information
Aerial view of Aldermanbury Gardens © Corporation of London
Aldermanbury Gardens © Corporation of London
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