Acid Grass Cutting
A contractor is currently undertaking acid grass clearance on 7 islands, Bidders and Golf course sub-sites.
This is to maintain and enhance the important acid grass coverage.
A contractor is currently undertaking acid grass clearance on 7 islands, Bidders and Golf course sub-sites.
This is to maintain and enhance the important acid grass coverage.
The following tree works will be carried out in the near future: Location 1: Reduce the height of 3 trees Locations 2 and 3: Fell several groups of small trees Locations 4 and 5: Remedial work to dead trees leaving 2m high monolith Location 6: Remedial work to low-hanging large tree branch
The area of Mitcham Common behind Mill House Ecology Centre (see link below) is due to have it’s scrub removed in the near future to restore this area for recreation purposes. recreationgrasslandrestoration
The tree indicated on the map below will be re-pollarded in the near future
Over the next few months, visitors to the Common may notice a drone being flown in the vicinity of One Island Pond and the Bidder Memorial. The drone pilot has been commissioned by the Conservators to undertake a filmmaking project on the Common.
The car park height barrier was recently damaged by an unknown vehicle. This is due to be repaired on 16/6/2026. To facilitate this work the car park will be closed during its repair.
In the near future the footpath running from the corner of Croydon Road, by the BP garage, to the bottom of Galpins Road will be upgraded. The route is shown on the attached plan and will involve re-surfacing the section of path indicated by the dashed line and surfacing the length shown as a solid…