Chorleywood Common
Chorleywood Common
Chorleywood Common is undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of Chorleywood. Covering 80 hectares (the equivalent of 110 football pitches) it comprises acid, neutral and chalk grassland, wooded areas and seven ponds. The Common is a County Heritage Site, a Conservation Area and a Local Nature Reserve rich in fauna and flora, fungi, birds and wildlife. Rabbits, squirrels, foxes, badgers, muntjac deer, voles, wood mice and slowworms can be found on the Common.
Created: 13 August 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Chorleywood Common Information
Chorleywood Common Address
Common Rd, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth
WD3 5LN
Website: https://www.chorleywood-pc.gov.uk/chorleywood-common/
Get directionsLocal History around Chorleywood Common
There are some historic monuments around including:
Royal Palace (site of)St Mary Magdalen's Church, FlaundenOne of two barrows on Chipperfield CommonDominican Priory (site of) (excluding inhabited parts)Slight univallate hillfort on Whelpley HillMedieval undercroft in the grounds of Chenies Manor: part of a medieval Great HouseMoated site 200m north west of Chalfont LodgeOne of two barrows on Chipperfield Common.
