Hainault Forest

Hainault Forest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hornbeam pollards in Hainault Forest
Hainault Forest is located in Greater London
Hainault Forest
Location within Greater London
LocationGreater London
Grid referenceTQ477938
Coordinates51°37′18″N 0°7′45″E / 51.62167°N 0.12917°E / 51.62167; 0.12917
InterestBiological
Area135.31 ha (334.4 acres)
Notification1986
Location mapMagic Map
Natural England website
The footpath into Hainault Forest from Lambourne End, on a November morning
The Fighting Temeraire, painted by J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was made from oaks harvested from Hainault Forest.

Hainault Forest was a large wooded area in the English counties of Essex and Greater London which was mostly destroyed after 1851. Popular outrage at the destruction of most of the forest was an important catalyst for the creation of the modern environmental movement.

Less than a tenth of the original forest survives, with many of the surviving fragments managed as a part of Hainault Forest Country Park. The country park also includes other habitats.

The country park is located on the edge of Greater London, with portions in the London Borough of Redbridge, the London Borough of Havering, and the Lambourne parish of the Epping Forest District in Essex.[1]

  1. ^ "HAINAULT FOREST". hainaultforest.co.uk.