New Cross Gate Cutting

New Cross Gate Cutting or Brockley Nature Reserve[1] is a 4.2 hectare nature reserve in Brockley in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation managed by the London Wildlife Trust.[2][3][4] This designated green space runs alongside the East London Line between Brockley and New Cross Gate, on the forest site that once lay on the Kent/Surrey border known as Hatcham Wood. The entrance is on Vesta Road situated between Barriedale in Brockley and Sandbourne Road, Telegraph Hill.

The reserve sustains a natural rare habitat for flora, fauna and wildlife including deer, however it is mostly characterized by woodland such as sycamore, English & Turkey Oak, hawthorn and silver birch.[1]

There is no public access.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "A Walk on the Wild Side". alternativeSE4. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "New Cross Gate Cutting". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "New Cross Gate Cutting Nature Reserve". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

Coordinates: 51°28′12″N 0°02′20″W / 51.470°N 0.039°W / 51.470; -0.039

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