Hogsmill River Park

Park in London

Hogsmill River Park or Hogsmill Valley is a linear park along the banks of the Hogsmill River in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London. It stretches from the junction of Surbiton Hill Park and Elmbridge Avenue in Berrylands in the north to the junction between the river and a footpath to Manor Close in Old Malden in the south.[1][2]

Most of the site is grassland, which has a rich variety of wildlife, including locally unusual plants such as grass vetchling, devil's-bit scabious and pepper-saxifrage. Birds which breed on the site include bullfinch, spotted flycatcher, lesser spotted woodpecker.[3]

The site is a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1.[3][4] It is also a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) - or several LNRs. Details on Natural England's website are confused. The page for Hogsmill River Park gives the coordinates and description similar to the details on the London Parks and Gardens Trust and Greenspace Information for Greater London, but the map is of a small wood closed to the public called Hogsmill Wood, north of the A3 road and east of the Hogsmill River. Natural England also shows two duplicate LNRs on the same land, Elmbridge Open Space to the north of the A3[5][6] and Southwood Open Space to the south.[7][8]

The London Loop walk goes through the park.

## References

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1. ^ "Hogsmill River Park". London Parks and Gardens Trust. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
2. ^ "Map Tools". Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
3. ^ a b "Hogsmill Valley". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
4. ^ "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
5. ^ "Elmbridge Open Space". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
6. ^ "Map of Elmbridge Open Space". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
7. ^ "Southwood Open Space". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
8. ^ "Map of Southwood Open Space". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

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Local nature reserves in Greater London

Barking and Dagenham|

* Beam Valley
* Beam Valley (Environment Agency)
* Dagenham Village Churchyard
* Eastbrookend Country Park
* Mayesbrook Park South
* Parsloes Park Squatts
* Ripple Nature Reserve
* Scrattons Ecopark and extension
* The Chase - Barking

Barnet|

* Big Wood and Little Wood
* Brent Reservoir/Welsh Harp
* Coppett's Wood and Scrublands
* Glebelands
* Moat Mount Open Space
* Oak Hill Wood
* Rowley Green Common
* Scratchwood
* Totteridge Fields

Bexley|

* Crossness
* Danson Park Bog Garden, Welling
* Foots Cray Meadows
* Lesnes Abbey Woods

Brent|

* Brent Reservoir/Welsh Harp
* Fryent Country Park
* Masons Field

Bromley|

* High Elms
* Jubilee Country Park
* Scadbury Park

Camden|

* Adelaide
* Belsize Wood
* Camley Street Natural Park
* Westbere Copse

Croydon|

* Bramley Bank
* Foxley Wood
* Hutchinson's Bank
* Selsdon Wood
* South Norwood Country Park

Ealing|

* Blondin Park
* Fox Wood
* Grove Farm
* Gunnersbury Triangle
* Islip Manor Meadows
* Litten
* Long Wood
* Northolt Manor
* Perivale Wood

Enfield|

* Covert Way

Greenwich|

* Gilbert's Pit
* Maryon Park
* Maryon Wilson Park
* Oxleas/Shooters Hill Woodlands
* Sutcliffe Park
* The Tarn

Hackney|

* Abney Park Cemetery
* Springfield Park

Hammersmith and Fulham|

* Wormwood Scrubs

Haringey|

* Alexandra Park
* Coldfall Wood
* Parkland Walk
* Queen's Wood
* Railway Fields

Harrow|

* Bentley Priory
* Stanmore Common
* Stanmore Country Park

Havering|

* Bedford's Park
* Cranham Brickfields
* Cranham Marsh
* Ingrebourne Valley
* Rainham Marshes
* The Chase - Havering
* The Manor

Hillingdon|

* Denham Country Park
* Frays Valley
* Gutteridge Wood and Meadows (Yeading Woods)
* Ruislip Local Nature Reserve
* Ten Acre Wood
* Yeading Brook Meadows

Hounslow|

* Bedfont Lakes Country Park
* Chiswick Eyot
* Cranebank
* Duke's Hollow
* Gunnersbury Triangle
* Hounslow Heath
* Isleworth Ait
* Kempton
* Pevensey Road

Islington|

* Barnsbury Wood
* Gillespie Park
* Parkland Walk

Kingston upon Thames|

* Bonesgate Open Space
* Castle Hill
* Coombe Hill Wood
* Edith Gardens
* Elmbridge Open Space
* Ham Lands
* Hogsmill River Park
* Jubilee Wood
* Raeburn Open Space
* Rose Walk
* Southwood Open Space
* Tolworth Court Farm Fields
* The Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary

Lambeth|

* Streatham Common

Lewisham|

* Beckenham Place Park
* Brookmill Road
* Burnt Ash Pond
* Dacres Wood
* Downham Woodland Walk
* Grove Park Nature Reserve
* Sue Godfrey Nature Park

Merton|

* Bennett's Hole
* Cannon Hill Common
* Cherry Wood
* Cranmer Green
* Derwent Floodwash
* Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads
* Lower Wandle
* Merton Park Green Walks
* Morden Park
* Myrna Close
* Oakleigh Way
* Pyl Brook
* Ravensbury Park
* Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood
* Wandle Meadow Nature Park

Redbridge|

* Hainault Lodge

Richmond upon Thames|

* Barnes Common
* Crane Park Island
* Ham Common
* Ham Lands
* Lonsdale Road Reservoir (Leg of Mutton Reservoir)
* Oak Avenue, Hampton

Southwark|

* Dulwich Upper Wood
* Lavender Pond
* Nunhead Cemetery
* One Tree Hill
* Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank

Sutton|

* Anton Crescent Wetland
* Belmont Pastures
* Cuddington Meadows
* Devonshire Avenue Nature Area
* Roundshaw Downs
* Ruffett and Big Woods
* Spencer Road Wetlands
* Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds
* The Spinney, Carshalton
* Wandle Valley Wetland
* Wilderness Island

Tower Hamlets|

* Ackroyd Drive Greenlink
* Mudchute Park and Farm
* Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

Waltham Forest|

* Ainslie Wood

Wandsworth|

* Battersea Park Nature Areas

Westminster|

* St. John's Wood Church Grounds

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