Hutchinson's Bank

Hutchinson's Bank is 21.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in New Addington in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned by Croydon Council and managed by the London Wildlife Trust.[1][2][3]

Sheep graze on Hutchinson's Bank

The site is a sloping dry chalk bank, which has a wide variety of plants, butterflies and birds. Plants include the pyramidal and man orchids, and the greater yellow-rattle, which is rare nationally. Over 100 species of moth and 36 of butterfly have been recorded.[1][4] It also has scrub with wild privet, dogwood and the wayfaring tree.[3][5] Sheep graze on the grassland as part of the Surrey Downs Project.

There is access from Featherbed Lane, Farleigh Dean Crescent and Thorpe Close.[1]

References
  1. "Hutchinson's Bank". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. "Map of Hutchinson's Bank". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. "Hutchinson's Bank and Frylands Wood". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. "Hutchinson'S Bank: Counts for the year 2015". United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. "Hutchinson's Bank, Chapel Bank & Threecorner Grove". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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