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Epping Forest

Essex / Greater London · Woodland · ancient wood-pasture with oak, beech and hornbeam pollards, heath and grassland

Common land - City of London Corporation
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Epping Forest is a 2,400-hectare ancient wood-pasture straddling the ridge between the Lea and Roding valleys on the edge of London. Managed by the City of London Corporation since 1878 as common land, it holds around 55,000 ancient pollarded trees and a mosaic of woodland, heath, bog and grassland.

Soil: mixed London Clay and gravel on the ridge tops, broadly acid-to-neutral, free-draining

Dominant species: pedunculate oak, European beech, hornbeam, birch

Parking: Public car parks at Chingford, High Beach and other points along the forest

What you might find here

Based on habitat type - always identify what you actually see, don't assume it matches this list.

Blackberry Hazelnut Sweet Chestnut Elderflower & Elderberry Sloe (Blackthorn)

Source: Wikipedia