Lesnes Abbey Woods, sometimes known as Abbey Wood, is a 73-hectare[1] ancient woodland in southeast London, England. It is located near to, and named after, the ruined Lesnes Abbey in the London Borough of Bexley and gives its name to the Abbey Wood district. The woods are adjacent to the 159-ha Bostall Woods.
Lesnes Abbey Woods is a Local Nature Reserve[2][3] and includes the Abbey Wood geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, an important site for early Tertiary fossils.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Designated Sites View". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Lesnes Abbey Woods". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "Map of Lesnes Abbey Woods". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ Natural England citation, Abbey Wood