List of London’s Geological Sites – London Geodiversity Partnership

On this page you can explore the range of geological sites we have in London using the following links:

GLA sites
SGI Sites

GLA Sites

Individual site details can be downloaded from the list below. Alternatively you can download site compilations using the links below:
Sites 1-59
Sites 60-72
Sites 73-79

ID	Name	Borough
GLA1	Abbey Wood (Lessness Shell Bed)	Bexley
GLA2	Avenue House, Finchley	Barnet
GLA 3	Beckenham Place Park	Lewisham
GLA 4	Chelsfield Gravel	Bromley
GLA 5	Chingford Hatch	Waltham Forest
GLA 6	Croham Hurst	Croydon
GLA 7	Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations	Bromley
GLA 8	Dog Rocks	Greenwich
GLA 12	Finsbury Gravel, Sadler’s Wells	Islington
GLA 14	Gilbert’s Pit	Greenwich
GLA 15	Hainault Forest Country Park	Redbridge
GLA 17	Happy Valley	Croydon
GLA 18	Harrow Weald	Harrow
GLA 19	Hornchurch Cutting	Havering
GLA 20	Horsenden Hill	Ealing
GLA 22	Keston Common	Bromley
GLA 24	Old Gravel Pits, Blackheath	Lewisham/Greenwich
GLA 25	Putney Heath	Wandsworth
GLA 26	Riddlesdown Quarry (formerly Rose and Crown Pit)	Croydon
GLA 29	The Gravel Pits, Northwood	Hillingdon
GLA 30	Cray Valley Golf Course Sand Pit	Bromley
GLA 31	North End Pit	Bexley
GLA 32	High Elms Dene Hole	Bromley
GLA 33	Elmstead Pit	Bromley
GLA 34	Harefield Pit	Hillingdon
GLA 35	Wasnut Pit	Bexley
GLA 36	Pinner Chalk Mines	Harrow
GLA 37	Mark’s Warren Farm Quarry Complex	Barking
GLA 38	Chalky Dell	Bexley
GLA 39	Erith Submerged Forest	Bexley
GLA 40	Chislehurst Caves	Bromley
GLA 41	Klinger Pit, Foots Cray	Bromley
GLA 42	Kenwood House Quarry, Hampstead Heath	Camden
GLA 43	Springfield Park	Hackney
GLA 44	Highgate Wood and Queen’s Wood	Haringey
GLA 45	Bedfords Park, Havering Ridge	Havering
GLA 46	Rainham Submerged Forest	Havering
GLA 47	South Hall Farm/Spring Farm Quarry Complex	Havering
GLA 48	Thames Foreshore, Isleworth	Hounslow
GLA 49	Fairlop Quarry Complex (Hainault Quarry)	Redbridge
GLA 50	Knighton Wood	Redbridge
GLA 51	Parish’s Pit, Erith	Bexley
GLA 52	Bromley Palace Park: Pulhamite & St. Blaise’s Well	Bromley
GLA 53	Charmwood Farm	Bromley
GLA 54	Sundridge Park Manor Pulhamite Grotto	Bromley
GLA 55	Trent Park	Enfield
GLA 56	Bleak Hill Sandpit	Greenwich
GLA 57	Wickham Lane Brickworks Complex	Greenwich
GLA 58	Coldfall Wood (incl. Finchley Cemeteries)	Haringey
GLA59	Pole Hill	Waltham Forest
GLA 60	Bourne Wood	Bromley
GLA 61	Spring Park, Threehalfpenny Wood & Sparrows Den	Bromley and Croydon
GLA 62	Sipson Lane Quarry Complex	Hillingdon
GLA 63	Barn Hill	Brent
GLA 64	Waterlow Park	Camden
GLA 65	Vanbrugh Pits, Blackheath	Greenwich
GLA 66	Tripcock Ness Submerged Forest	Greenwich
GLA 67	Summerhouse La n e Chalk Pit	Hillingdon
GLA 68	Bedfont Lakes	Hounslow
GLA 69	Wanstead Flats	Redbridge
GLA 70	Richmond Park	Richmond upon Thames
GLA 71	Hollow Pond, Leyton Flats	Waltham Forest
GLA 72	Monken Hadley Common	Barnet
GLA 73	Greenwich Park	Greenwich
GLA 74	Springwell Farm	Hillingdon
GLA 75	Watt’s Common	Hillingdon
GLA 76	Rockingham Anomaly	Southwark
GLA 77	Park Hill Chalk Pit, Carshalton	Sutton
GLA 78	Wimbledon Common	Merton
GLA 79	Buckthorne Cutting	Lewisham

Sites of Geological Interest (SGI)

ID	Name	Borough
SGIs 1-30	Various	Various
SGI 31	Bromley Millenium Rocks	Bromley
SGI 33	Regent’s Park Fossil Trees	Camden
SGI 34	Landline Hanover Square	Westminster

Authors:

David Brook, Harrow & Hillingdon Geological Society; Chair, London Geodiversity Partnership

Diana Clements, Geologists’ Association, London Geodiversity Partnership

Gerald Lucy, GeoEssex

Laurie Baker, London Branch Open University Geological Society, London Geodiversity Partnership

Naomi Stevenson, Natural England, London Geodiversity Partnership

Peter Collins, GeoEssex, London Geodiversity Partnership

Paul Rainey. Ravensbourne Geological Society, London Geodiversity Partnership

Vernon Marks. South London RIGS Group, London Geodiversity Partnership

General references for further information

The publications listed here give further information about the geology of London.

Ellison, R.A. et al. (2004): Geology of London. Special Memoir for 1:50,000 Geological sheets 256 (North London), 257 (Romford), 270 (South London) & 271 (Dartford). British Geological Survey.
In the Guide, specific pages are indicated for example: BGS Special Memoir, pp 5-7

GA Guide No. 68: The Geology of London. Compiled by Diana Clements; Geologists’ Association (2012).
In the Guide, specific pages are indicated for example: GA Guide 68, pp 5-7

Bridgland, D.R., (1994), Quaternary of the Thames, Geological Conservation Review

Barron, H; Thompson, J; Aldiss, D; Woods, M; Harrison, A. 2009; revised 2012 London’s foundations protecting the geodiversity of the capital. London, UK, Greater London Authority.