Knight's Hill Wood, Knight's Hill
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Knight's Hill Wood, Knight's Hill
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: Unknown
From the car I'd never really registered this patch of green, and even if I had I would not have thought it worthy of being dignified with the name 'wood'. On foot it's a different matter and I'm glad I noticed it because according to a Lambeth Council sign it is a "valuable pocket of woodland" containing exotic trees such as Deodar, Weymouth pine (Image]) and Holm oak. The wood was saved from redevelopment in the 1980s and is all that remains of the grounds of Portobello House, demolished in the 1940s to make way for the Portobello Estate.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.424937
Longitude
-0.105406