United Kingdom protected forest
Chiswick House
Michael Coppins · CC BY-SA 4.0
32% trees around it and 2,185 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km32%
- wild within 10 km45%
- species recorded2,185
The forest around
32% trees.
Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.
Trees, ring by ring
- 0–1 km38%
- 1–3 km31%
- 3–6 km33%
- 6–10 km29%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees31%
- Grassland11%
- Water5%
- Cropland0%
- Built-up53%
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.
Who lives here
2,185 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
VU
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 32%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 45%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 2,185Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
When to walk
Best for walking in June and in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan2°65 mm
- Feb1°54 mm
- Mar2°50 mm
- Apr4°42 mm
- May7°55 mm
- Jun10°56 mm
- Jul13°60 mm
- Aug12°66 mm
- Sep10°44 mm
- Oct8°74 mm
- Nov4°74 mm
- Dec2°71 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chiswick House.
Neo-Palladian villa in the Chiswick district of London, England, UK
Chiswick House is a protected forest in United Kingdom.
Seen from space, 32% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 45% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
2,185 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 926 fungi, 225 birds and 34 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Green alkanet, Sycamore and Ash.
The best time to walk is in June and in September.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- 1st Malden Scout Group Groundscampsite · 9.5 km · 2 within 10 km
- Best Westernplace to stay · 1.1 km · 1,203 within 10 km
- Chiswicknearest town · 1.0 km in a straight line
- London Heathrow Airport (LHR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at LHR airport (London)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The forest and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 25marked trails within 5 kmWandle Trail, Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk, Beverley Brook Walk and 22 more
- 123named and notable trees within 6 kmRavenscourt Park Tree of Heaven, Fulham Palace Oak, Marble Hill Black Walnut and 120 more
- 134picnic sites within 4 km
- 124shelters and huts within 6 km
- 13viewpoints within 5 kmKing Henry VIII's Mound, Meridian Line Marker, Aussichtspunkt H&MV Office and 10 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Information Centre, Holland Park Reception, The River Thames Visitor Centre and 1 more
- 368car parks within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km1st Malden Scout Group Grounds, Girl Guides Marion Hill House Group Grounds
- 1,203places to stay within 10 kmBest Western, Best Western Hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Marble Arch and 1,200 more
- 674restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Chiswick House.
The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas17 mountains within 25 kmRichmond Hill4.4 kmCampden Hill4.8 kmPrimrose Hill65 m · 9.2 kmNorthala Fields10 kmParliament Hill95 m · 11 kmLudgate Hill18 m · 11 kmTower Hill14 m · 13 kmDuppas Hill17 km
Lakeyas5 lakes within 15 kmLonsdale Road Reservoir0.3 km² · 1.9 kmBrent Reservoir0.6 km² · 9.6 kmIsland Barn Reservoir0.6 km² · 13 kmKnight Reservoir0.6 km² · 13 kmQueen Elizabeth II Reservoir1.5 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas6 dark-sky places within 30 kmKew ObservatoryBortle 9 · 4.2 kmBishop ObservatoryBortle 9 · 8.5 kmNortholt Branch ObservatoriesBortle 9 · 11 kmUCL ObservatoryBortle 9 · 14 kmRoyal ObservatoryBortle 9 · 18 km↗Observatory HouseBortle 8 · 24 km
Viewyas6 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonQueen's Tower5.9 km↗Watkin's Tower8.1 km↗Primrose Hill65 m · 9.2 kmLondon Eye9.9 km↗The View from The Shard12 km↗Tower Hill14 m · 13 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmWaterfall in Queen Mary's Gardens in London8.7 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyRiver Thames334 km · 66 m³/s↗River Brent29 kmWestbourneTyburnRiver IngrebourneChannelsea RiverRiver RomRiver Shuttle
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Chiswick House
United Kingdom
- 49Forestyas Score
- 32%Trees
- 45%Wild
- 2,185Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1074877) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 440,568 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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