Keston Common (incorporating Ravensbourne Open Space and Padmall Wood)
Keston Common is as near to a natural landscape as is possible to find anywhere in South East England. It is registered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as well as having Ancient Scheduled Monument status. More recently the area has been designated as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) as shown in the Ravensbourne Trail leaflet. Future plans for World Heritage status are being progressed.
Our site has an enormous variation of habitats: heathland, woodland (mature and coppiced), bogland, three ponds (a fourth now silted up) and from Caesar's Well, is the source of the London River Ravensbourne. Each require a different approach to maintenance and conservation. To this end we are pleased to have available to us the expertise and training of our Bromley Council Ranger and visiting experts to learn new insight to these wonderful worlds.
The site has served the community since ancient times. It has iron age earthworks and old mills and is adjacent to Holwood House, the site of a former residence, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. He and William Wilberforce are known to have walked on Keston Common and it's a significant location visited by Charles Darwin for his research.
The aims of the Friends Group are:
For further information regarding our work please visit our website at: friendsofkestoncommon.chessck.co.uk
Alternatively please complete the form below with your name, email address and comment and we will be in touch in due course.
Our site has an enormous variation of habitats: heathland, woodland (mature and coppiced), bogland, three ponds (a fourth now silted up) and from Caesar's Well, is the source of the London River Ravensbourne. Each require a different approach to maintenance and conservation. To this end we are pleased to have available to us the expertise and training of our Bromley Council Ranger and visiting experts to learn new insight to these wonderful worlds.
The site has served the community since ancient times. It has iron age earthworks and old mills and is adjacent to Holwood House, the site of a former residence, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. He and William Wilberforce are known to have walked on Keston Common and it's a significant location visited by Charles Darwin for his research.
The aims of the Friends Group are:
- To help promote the conservation and protection of Keston Common.
- To support its use as a place for quiet, informal enjoyment, recreation and study.
- To help with practical conservation under the supervision of the London Borough of Bromley and its professional officers.
- To assist in providing an educational experience for the general public in the history, natural history and biodiversity of Keston Common.
For further information regarding our work please visit our website at: friendsofkestoncommon.chessck.co.uk
Alternatively please complete the form below with your name, email address and comment and we will be in touch in due course.