Coombe Hill Wood
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Coombe Hill Wood is a local nature reserve in Coombe in the
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a London boroughs, borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Chessington, Malden Rushett, New Malden, Surbiton and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four List ...
in London. It is owned and managed by Kingston Council, and was declared a local nature reserve in 1992. The site is
ancient woodland In the United Kingdom, ancient woodland is that which has existed continuously since 1600 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland). The practice of planting woodland was uncommon before those dates, so a wood present in 1600 i ...
, with oaks and an understorey of hazel. It is located between Robin Hood Way (
A3 road The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road or London Road in sections, is a major road connecting the City of London and Portsmouth passing close to Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield. For much of its length, it is classifie ...
) and Henley Drive.


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Nature reserves in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Local nature reserves in Greater London {{Coord, 51.41866, -0.25121, type:landmark_region:GB-BNE, display=title