Long Wood, Ealing

Long Wood is a 1.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in Norwood Green in the London Borough of Ealing. It is owned and managed by Ealing Council.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The site has ancient woodland, marshy areas, a stream and more open areas. Flora include bluebells, false brome and wood millet. Wet areas have Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage and large bittercress, which are rare in London.^[3] An unusual feature is a mature oak and cherry tree which have the same trunk.^[1]

There is access from Windmill Lane, close to an M4 bridge, and from Trumpers Way, by a footpath which crosses a railway line.

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References

1 2 "Long Wood (and Hounslow)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ "Map of Long Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
1 2 "Long Wood Local Nature Reserve and meadows". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

Coordinates: 51°29′47″N 0°20′19″W / 51.4963°N 0.3387°W / 51.4963; -0.3387

Local nature reserves in Greater London

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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

Hackney	Abney Park Cemetery Springfield Park

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

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Waltham Forest	Ainslie Wood

Wandsworth	Battersea Park Nature Areas

Westminster	St. John's Wood Church Grounds

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