Braeburn Park

Braeburn Park is a 22.3 hectare nature save in Crayford in the London Borough of Bexley. It is overseen by the London Wildlife Trust, and incorporates Wansunt Pit, a 1.9 hectare geographical Site of Special Scientific Interest. The territory was once utilized for market planting; there were plantations, and the Old Crayford Gun Club had been based here. Afterward, similar to a significant part of the close-by Dartford Heath, the site was widely quarried, until it was at last infilled and deserted during the 1980s; at which point it step by step returned to nature.

Habitats currently incorporate ruderal clean, field and forest. There is a wide assortment of spineless creatures, including uncommon ones, for example, skipping bloom insects and picture-winged flies. There is likewise a lake, and numerous regular fledgling species. Reptiles classified here incorporate the grass wind, basic reptile and moderate worm. There is access to the hold from Lower Station Road and Galloway Drive, Crayford. A substantial lodging advancement called Braeburn Park was worked here by Taylor Wimpey in 2000. A guaranteed adjoining 17 hectare nature protection region was at long last included 2014 because of assets and administration given by The Land Trust and London Wildlife Trust.