Scadbury Park
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Scadbury Park is a
Local Nature Reserve[1][2] in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley. It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.[3] It is over 300 acres (120 ha), and is part of an extensive wildlife corridor together with Petts Wood and the Jubilee Country Park.[4]
It has large areas of
great crested newts. Much of it is undisturbed grassland,[3] and it also includes a working farm.[5]
The main entrance is in Old Perry Street. The entrance piers still exist.[6] Also a West Lodge to the estate still exists, also on Old Perry Street.[7] The
London Loop
passes through it from Sidcup By-Pass Road near its junction with Perry Street to St Paul's Cray Road.
History
The
Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster, Francis Walsingham
, was born there.
In 1736
Sydney, Australia was named. The manor was purchased by the London Borough of Bromley in 1983 and opened to the public in 1985.[8]
References
- ^ "Scadbury Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Map of Scadbury Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Scadbury Park, St Paul's Cray Common, Pett's Wood & Hawkwood Estate". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Scadbury Park Local Nature Reserve". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ Scadbury Park noticeboard
- ^ "Pair of Gate Piers (Opposite School House)". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "West Lodge, Chislehurst (C) David Anstiss :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ a b "The Owners of Scadbury Manor". The Friends of Scadbury Park. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386–1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe. 1993
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