Pesthouse Common - Scrub & meadow management

An activity with Richmond Weekday Projects

Activity date: Tuesday 16th September 2025

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

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Activity description

We will work to sensitively remove vegetation growing from Pesthouse Common into the adjacent service road. If completed, we will continue work to restore the meadow area. We will be dead heading/removing dominant species in the meadow to help retain a biodiverse environment.

Meeting place

Meet at Pesthouse Common off Queen's Road, at 10am. Look for the TCV van. What3words meeting point:///tamed.about.remain

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Activity location

Pesthouse Common, Houses opposite: 133 Queen's Rd, Richmond TW10 6HF, TW10 6HF

Site description

Pesthouse Common is a narrow sliver of land lying next to Queens Road. Mature Lime and Horse Chestnut trees border the site. A perennial native wildflower meadow can be found along the boundary with Christs School. br> br>The Common is so called as it had a 'pest house', a structure used for quarantining people with communicable diseases. The common, which used to belong to the Crown, originally extended from the bottom of Queen's Road to the gates of Richmond Park. It had, near the site of the present Lass o' Richmond Hill pub on Queen's Road, a "pound overt" (open pound). Goods or cattle belonging to those had failed to pay fines imposed by the local courts were put there. br> br>Pesthouse Common is accessible at all times. The nearest station is North Sheen, and the area is served by bus routes 33, 337, 493 and 969.

Contact

Brittany Florence-Bennett

Telephone: 07483050759
Email: B.florencebennett@tcv.org.uk
Website: https://www.tcv.org.uk/london/biodiversity-action-teams/richmond-bat-west

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Please bring

• packed lunch
• suitable outdoor clothes
• suitable outdoor footwear

Further info

We provide hot drinks, so please bring your own mug (and spoon). Please bring: Packed lunch & water, suitable outdoor clothes (that will keep you warm the whole day), hat & sunblock, and suitable outdoor footwear (it can be muddy in places). Booking on Eventbrite is required. Please DO NOT attend our sessions if you have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 5 days.

Site Facilities

• Nearest Toilets - 9 min walk to East Sheen Cemetery, public toilets open 10am to 4.30pm

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