Appendix 13.2 SINCs within 2km of the Site Appendix 13:2 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) Located Within the 2km Study Area Record and Source Approx Distance and Description Direction from Site Victory Park and Elba 20m North A community park and nature garden located close Place Nature Garden to Elephant and Castle. Habitats include roughland, SINC informally managed grassland, small areas of scrub and young woodland. Dickens Square Park 0.5km North An informal little open space, not far from (Rockingham Park) SINC Elephant and Castle. The edges of the park have (SLI) been allowed to evolve into woodland. Rough grassland and tall herbs provide further habitat. A number of very uncommon bird species for central London have been recorded such as blackcap and green woodpecker. Tabard Gardens SINC 0.65km North A welcome open space in a heavily built up area. (SLI) Its main nature conservation interest lies in the dense thicket of native shrubs in the centre of the park. This is the best place to look for birds, such as great tit, robin and blackbird. The park also features two raised banks which have been sown with wildflowers; salad burnet, agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria), common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), and wild carrot (Daucus carota) are all thriving here, together with the prickly flower heads of wild teasel (Dipsacus follonum). Goldfinches visit to feed on the seed heads. Surrey Square Park 0.65km Southeast A small park, just off Old Kent Road, which now SINC (SLI) includes a former nature area developed by the neighbouring school. Habitats include rough grassland and a chalk bank surrounded by scrub. Surrey Gardens SINC 0.8km Southwest A small park with a nature conservation area in one (SLI) corner giving a display of wild flowers, which are mostly species of disturbed ground. Burgess Park SINC 0.9km Southeast A large park, which includes several features of interest for nature conservation, such as a lake containing a diverse fish population and a secondary woodland providing cover for nesting wildfowl. LOGO: Set Layout Phase One Detailed Planning Application options 1 “in line with text” Walworth Garden Farm 0.9km Southwest This horticultural city farm is a valuable resource SINC (SBI) for environmental education in a densely built-up area. A nature area at one edge of the farm contains a small pond, surrounded by typical rough grassland and a few trees and shrubs. St Mary Magdalene 0.95km Northeast An attractive churchyard in the historic centre of Churchyard, Bermondsey. Habitats include hedgerows, Bermondsey SINC (SLI) roughland and scattered trees. Geraldine Mary 1km West Best known as the park which surrounds the Harmsworth Park SINC Imperial War Museum, it has a large number of (SLI) trees as well wildflowers including the London rarity hairy buttercup (Ranunculus sardous). Leathermarket 1km Northeast A small and very popular park in the far north of Gardens & Community the borough. The older gardens are mostly formal, Garden SINC (SLI) with some mature trees, but the recently created Community Park is informally landscaped, with many young trees and shrubs forming a patch of woodland in one corner. Some of the grassy areas were sown with wildflower mixes, but are now kept short. Archbishop Sumner 1.2km West An interesting nature garden which also has Nature Garden SINC attractive murals by children. A path from the (SLI) entrance leads through a grassy area small pond with aquatic flora including water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica), white water lily (Nymphaea alba) and water fern (Azolla filiculoides). Roots and Shoots 1.3km West A thriving wildlife garden run by a youth training Nature Gardens SINC organisation. The garden has been planted with a (SBI) mixture of wild and exotic species in a range of specially-created habitats. Habitats include a small area of hazel (Corylus avellana) coppice, a summer meadow, a ‘butterfly’ garden, areas of tall herbaceous species, young trees and shrubs, various climbing plants and a pond. Snowsfield Primary 1.1km Northeast A sizeable school nature garden in the shadow of School Nature Garden Guy’s Tower. The nature garden is quite wild with a SINC (SLI) good mix of native trees and shrubs. There is a fair size pond which is used by newts and frogs. Pipistrelle bats are also often seen flying round the garden at dusk and the garden is well used by birds. Kennington Park SINC 1.3km Southwest A classic example of a Victorian park, with a (SLI) collection of magnificent trees, a lodge and a peaceful garden. The garden includes a flower garden which as well as many typical cottage garden plants, this garden also contains several species which seed naturally in roughland around London, for example evening-primrose (Oenothera LOGO: Set Layout Phase One Detailed Planning Application options 2 “in line with text” sp.), red valerian (Centranthus ruber), feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) mallow (Malva sylvestris) and tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). Many of them are excellent nectar sources for bees and butterflies. Benhill Road Nature 1.6km South One of the oldest and best-kept nature parks in the Park SINC (SLI) Borough of Southwark. This is now heavily overgrown but contains a mixture of scrub, young woodland and rough grassland. Species include traveller’s joy (Clematis vitalba), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Lambeth Palace 1.7km West A public open space next Lambeth Palace. The Gardens and Palace gardens are formal and include a ‘Chinese Archbishop’s Park SINC garden’, herb garden and a rose garden. A ‘wild (SBI) garden’ at the end furthest from the palace, incorporates a pond with a rich variety of aquatic plants with nearby wildflower borders. Other habitats include mature trees and dense shrubberies which support a range of birds. River Thames and 1.9km North An important wildlife corridor running right across Tidal tributaries SINC London. The site is of particular importance for wildfowl and wading birds and also provides important feeding areas for the nationally rare and protected Black Redstart. Vauxhall City Farm SINC 1.9km West A thriving city farm which provides many (SLI) opportunities for local people. At the southern end of the farm is an ecology garden complete with educational composting area, small planted hedge, bug house and wildlife pond. A wildflower area has salad burnet (sanguisorba minor), meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris), red campion (Silene dioica), oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Harleyford Road 2.0km Southwest Popular community garden with good facilities Community Garden which supports some wildlife. Habitats include a SINC (SBI) mix of wild and formal, with areas of long grass and nettles (Urtica dioica) to encourage butterflies and other invertebrates. There are three hedgerows and a small pond with fringed vegetation. Resident birds include blue tits, wrens, blackbirds, thrushes, greenfinches, pied wagtails, jays and a pair of kestrels are occasional visitors. LOGO: Set Layout Phase One Detailed Planning Application options 3 “in line with text” .