About this Event
It's getting colder outside, but that doesn't mean that the work to make London greener stops! ❄️Stay warm by creating dead hedges together – a traditional woodland management technique reusing cut back branches to create habitat for hedgehogs, invertebrates, birds and more!🌳🍂🦔
You don't need to be an expert to join - Chantelle, part of the team reuniting Sydenham Hill & Dulwich Woods, will be on hand to teach us!
📅 Date: Satruday 7th November 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00PM-3:30PM
📍 Meeting Point: Sydenham Hill Station, SE21 7ND ///alert.items.these
(Please meet us in the station car park outside the College Road entrance)
🙋♀️ Who can come: Young People ages 16-30
What to expect
📒 Gain skills in woodland management, including how to use tools – great for your CV!
🌿Help improve an important woodland habitat
❄️Warm up and chase away the winter blues by getting active!
🌳 Explore a surviving part of the Great North Wood, an ancient oak woodland which used to cover much of South-East London
🗣️ Connect with like-minded people in nature
Why join us!
🍽️We'll provide a picnic lunch!
🧑🤝🧑Bring someone new to nature and get a free coffee voucher to use at London Wildlife Trust cafes!
How to get there
🚆 Train: Sydenham Hill (National Rail) – Just 15 minutes from London Victoria
🚏 Bus: Kingswood Drive/ College Road (Route 450) – 7 minute walk,
Wells Park Road (Routes 202/363) – 10 minute walk
🚗 Car: Sydenham Hill Station has limited car parking spaces which are pay and display
Accessibility
The route into the area we will be working in is step free, although does include walking uphill and along some uneven surfaces. This session will involve physical exertion, but you can have a break whenever you need. There is an accessible compost toilet onsite.
If you have any questions about accessibility, please get in touch with us at [email protected]
The delivery of the Keeping it Wild Collective is made possible by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
The delivery of the Reuniting Sydenham Hill Wood and Dulwich Wood Project is made possible by our funders and partners: The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Dulwich Estate, Southwark Council and The Kusuma Trust.
Event venue & nearby stays
Sydenham Hill Wood, Crescent Wood Road, London, United Kingdom
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