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88:and nettles. A number of common birds nest there.
33:Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation
1298:Lonsdale Road Reservoir (Leg of Mutton Reservoir)
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137:"Belsize Wood Nature Reserve"
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1149:Grove Park Nature Reserve
364:Eastbrookend Country Park
163:"iGiGL data portal (map)"
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427:Moat Mount Open Space
379:Ripple Nature Reserve
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218:"Map of Belsize Wood"
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1124:Beckenham Place Park
1078:Southwood Open Space
1048:Elmbridge Open Space
1028:Bonesgate Open Space
1020:Kingston upon Thames
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876:The Chase - Havering
640:Gunnersbury Triangle
531:Jubilee Country Park
341:Barking and Dagenham
29:Local Nature Reserve
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1058:Hogsmill River Park
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856:Cranham Brickfields
744:Abney Park Cemetery
645:Islip Manor Meadows
503:Fryent Country Park
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143:on 21 February 2014
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1369:Cuddington Meadows
1321:Dulwich Upper Wood
1177:Cannon Hill Common
1068:Raeburn Open Space
866:Ingrebourne Valley
711:Maryon Wilson Park
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1192:Derwent Floodwash
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1212:Morden Park
1182:Cherry Wood
1139:Dacres Wood
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706:Maryon Park
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349:Beam Valley
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1506:Categories
1465:Wandsworth
1288:Ham Common
891:Hillingdon
683:Covert Way
635:Grove Farm
422:Glebelands
276:51°33′07″N
120:References
60:modernist
1313:Southwark
1293:Ham Lands
1252:Redbridge
1227:Pyl Brook
1073:Rose Walk
1053:Ham Lands
992:Islington
952:Cranebank
881:The Manor
693:Greenwich
655:Long Wood
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279:0°09′45″W
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843:Havering
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726:The Tarn
630:Fox Wood
554:Adelaide
92:See also
72:Wildlife
1098:Lambeth
977:Kempton
736:Hackney
675:Enfield
579:Croydon
518:Bromley
47:History
39:in the
1351:Sutton
1164:Merton
815:Harrow
650:Litten
617:Ealing
546:Camden
457:Bexley
399:Barnet
31:and a
490:Brent
251:2013
226:2013
204:2013
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