This cemetery has an outcrop of sandy, well-drained soil allowing a range of plants typical of acid grassland to grow here. Several of these are rare in London. Among notable burials is Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the Anglo-African composer who died in 1912, aged only 37.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Bandon Hill Cemetery
Borough: Sutton
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 7.85 ha
Description
Wildlife
Although the grass in the cemetery is mown frequently it has not been fertilised or reseeded, so unusual grasses such as crested hair-grass and spreading meadow-grass flourish. Flowers including meadow saxifrage, bird's-foot, prickly sedge, subterranean clover, hare's-foot clover and knotted clover are also present. At the bottom of the slope the soil is more neutral, but still supports a diverse and attractive range of meadow flowers.Facilities
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Hare’s-foot clover © Mike Waite
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