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Keston Common
A common in Bromley • Fishponds Road, Keston, BR2 6HA
Read the interpretation boards located around the site
Visit Caesar's Well,the source of the River Ravensbourne
Check out the Iron Age Bank and Ditch
Walk around the ponds and soak up the wildlifeFeatures
- Heathland
- SSSI
- Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM)
Nature reserve
Pond/lake
Woodland
Facilities
Dawn until dusk
Dogs allowed in all greenspaces- Fishing Ponds
Nature trail
The site has served the community since ancient times. It has iron age earthworks and old mills and is adjacent to Holwood House, the site of a former residence, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. He and William Wilberforce are known to have walked on Keston Common and it's a significant location visited by Charles Darwin for his research. It is registered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as well as having Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM) status.
Keston Common
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The organisation with legal responsibility for Keston Common is Bromley Council.
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