Coppicing

An activity with Action for Croydon's Environment

Activity date: Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Start time: 10:00
Finish time: 16:00

Activity description

Coppicing hazel

Meeting place

Meeting point will be confirmed by email.

Activity location

Kings Wood, Kingwood Way South Croydon CR2 9QN, CR2 8QN

Site description

Kings Wood covers 147 1-2 acres and is on relatively flat ground. It was originally laid out for shooting with wide rides dissecting the woodland. The keepers cottage still stands in the woods and forms part of the Kings Wood Kennels complex. Kings Wood is well known for its Bluebells, which grow between the Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Birch and Hazel br>There is the site of a small Romano-British farmstead on the northern boundary of Kings Wood with a small first century cemetery a few feet beyond the gateway to the settlement - the only children�s cemetery of this period hitherto found in Surrey.

Pick Up Point

Contact

Jane Hymas

Telephone: 07740 899 660
Email: volunteer-croydon@tcv.org.uk
Website: https://www.tcv.org.uk/croydon

Please bring

• packed lunch
• suitable outdoor clothes
• suitable outdoor footwear

Further info

If you are not a TCV registered volunteer and wish to join us on this task, or any future tasks, please email me at volunteer-croydon@tcv.org.uk for a registration form.

Site Facilities

• Nearest Toilets - Waitrose, Limpsfield Road

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