Great North Wood
in London, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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The Great North Wood was a natural oak woodland that covered most of the area of raised ground starting some four miles (6.4 km) south of central London, covering the Sydenham Ridge and the southern reaches of the River Effra and its tributaries. At its full extent, the wood's boundaries stretched almost as far as Croydon and as far north as Camberwell.
There a some 20 remaining fragments of the Great North Wood, some of the more notable can be found at Dulwich Wood, Sydenham Hill Wood, Biggin Wood and Beaulieu Heights.
Although little of the original woodland remains, there are many placenames that are a reference to the Great North Wood. Today's suburban placenames that contain the contraction Norwood ;including South Norwood, Upper Norwood and West Norwood (known as Lower Norwood until 1885). Other local names that reflect the area's woodland past include Woodside, Forest Hill, and Honor Oak.
