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{{Short description|Common land in Putney, London}}
'''Putney Lower Common''' is a part of [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons]], lying about 1.5 miles north of the rest, between the Lower Richmond Road and the [[River Thames]].


'''Putney Lower Common''' is an open [[Park|parkland]] space in the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]] between the town centres of [[Putney]] and [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]. It is part of [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons]], lying 1.5 miles from the rest of the common area.
Putney was probably settled during the Roman occupation. Lower Richmond Road was probably a Roman Road, and the Lower Common was probably an open pasture and farmland.


== Geography ==
Land was apparently lost in the 19th century when Elm Lodge was built. This was rebuilt in 1912 as Putney Hospital.
The common has an area 13.22 ha,<ref>{{cite web |title=Putney Lower Common |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/putney-lower-common/ |website=www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ |publisher=Woodland trust |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> it borders with [[Barn Elms]] and [[Beverley Brook]] on the north, the residential Commondale and Horne Way areas on the west with Lower Common South road on the south, and with [[Barnes Common]] on the west side; the Lower Richmond road and Queen's ride run across the common.<ref name="GIGL data">{{cite web |title=Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation: Putney Lower Common |url=https://enablelc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WaBI02_LowerPutneyCommon.pdf |website=enablelc.org/ |publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
Putney Hospital, was closed to services to patients in 1998. It has remained vacant ever since. Wandsworth council has now purchased the Hospital and its Children's Services department is proposing to build a new primary school on the site since July 2010. 24 flats will be built at the northern end of the site (the nurse's quarters will be demolished) to help fund the project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Putney Hospital site - new primary school |url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/100005/education_and_learning/1315/putney_hospital_site-new_primary_school|publisher=UK www.wandsworth.gov.uk| accessdate=2 May 2013}}</ref>


== History ==
Planning permission for the development of the proposed school and flats was quashed by the High Court in early 2013, over a technicality. Planning permission was subsequently re-granted.
The land was enclosed from the 15th century,<ref>{{cite web |title=Putney Lower Common |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/putney-lower-common |website=Parks & Gardens |publisher=Parks & Gardens |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> in 1871 the Wimbledon and Putney Commons act entrusted the land from the [[Spencer family]], to the Wimbledon and Putney Commons [[Conservators]] (WPCC), who have been responsible for managing the land ever since.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.wpcc.org.uk/about-us/our-history |website=www.wpcc.org.uk |publisher=Wimbledon and Putney Commons |access-date=5 April 2021 |language=english}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wimbledon and Putney Commons Act 1871 |url=https://www.ledr.com/acts/wpca/1871024.htm |website=www.ledr.com |publisher=Leading Edge Derivatives Research Ltd |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>


== Features ==
The access to the Hospital site is proving to be problematic, and an application by a local resident for a Judicial Review of the sale of the access by the Commons Conservators took place in the High Court in early October, 2013. The Conservators of the Common agreed to sell the access to Wandsworth Council for some £350,0000, by way of an easement, which, under the 1871 Act that created the common's legal framework, the resident felt was not legal. The resident lost his case but has appealed (see update below). Following the grant of the easement, a strip of common land (6m x 110m) is to be tarmacked with a new private road to provide access to the school and the luxury flats. In addition, new footpaths, bollards, a remotely controlled barrier and street lighting will be installed, effectively suburbanising the common. As part of the same development, a more substantial portion of common land, currently tarmacked to provide parking for the old hospital, will be returned to grass.
[[File:All Saints' Church - geograph.org.uk - 1091584.jpg|thumb|right|All Saints' Church]]
The Oasis Academy Putney primary school lies on the east side of the common,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oasisacademyputney.org/ |title=homepage| website=www.oasisacademyputney.org |publisher=Oasis Community Learning |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> on the site of the former [[Putney Hospital]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Putney Hospital |url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/putney.html |website=ezitis.myzen.co.uk |publisher=Lost Hospitals of London |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> construction of the school involved the loss of commons land so that a new access road could be laid.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pettitt |first1=Josh |title=Residents raise thousands for legal challenge to Putney Common |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/residents-raise-thousands-for-legal-challenge-to-putney-common-development-8981829.html |access-date=5 April 2021 |work=www.standard.co.uk |publisher=Evening Standard |date=4 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref>


[[File:Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 - WHV33 LJ62KFF - Route 22.jpg|thumb|right|22 bus terminus]]
The dates for the Judicial Review are now set by the High Court and the case was held on 9 & 10 October in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Wandsworth Council have confirmed to the Commons Conservators that they intend to Compulsorily Purchase the Common in the event that the Conservators lose the case. The community group, Friends of Putney Common http://www.friendsofputneycommon.org/ continue to oppose the actions of Wandsworth Council, which are opposed by some local residents.
The Spencer pub<ref>{{cite web |title=A friendly free house in the heart of Putney |url=https://www.thespencerpub.co.uk/ |website=The Spencer Pub |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> is on the south side of the Lower Richmond road, and often expands its seating area onto the common in the summer, under licence with WPCC.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benches On Putney Lower Common Planning application passed for seasonal use at latest Council meeting |url=http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conbenches006.htm |access-date=18 April 2021 |publisher=PutneySW15 |date=25 May 2018}}</ref> [[All Saints' Church, Putney Common|All Saints]] is a Grade II* listed church on the south east corner of the common, it has a churchyard and features windows designed by [[William Morris]].<ref>{{cite web |title=All Saints' Putney - Serving the Parish of Putney |url=https://allsaints.parishofputney.com/ |website=allsaints.parishofputney.com |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
[[Transport for London]]'s [[London Buses route 22|number 22 bus]], run by [[London General]] for the [[Go-Ahead Group]], terminates at Putney Common, with buses parking between the Spencer pub and All Saints church, before maintenance at the nearby Putney bus garage on Chelverton road.<ref>{{cite web |title=22 bus route |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/22/ |website=tfl.gov.uk |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>


[[Putney Lower Common Cemetery]] lies on the west side of the common on the Lower Richmond road, bordering with Barnes Common,<ref>{{cite web |title=Putney Lower Common Cemetery |url=https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/cemeteries-in-the-borough/putney-lower-common-cemetery/ |website=www.wandsworth.gov.uk/ |publisher=Wandsworth Borough Council |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref> it features several notable graves.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Burial Grounds of Putney London SW15 |url=https://putneysociety.org.uk/putney_society_files/BurGds08.pdf |website=putneysociety.org.uk/ |publisher=The Putney Society |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
On April 3, 2014 Lord Justice Rimer granted an application for the case to proceed to the Court of Appeal; the date for the hearing has been set for 30 June 2014. The case raises important points of principle; the protection by an Act of Parliament of Metropolitan Open Land, whether the Conservators may permit the effective appropriation and urbanisation of part of Putney Common and the Conservators duties to preserve the common in its "natural state".


Funfairs visit the common on bank holidays, and the Santus circus have visited the common in late summer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Proto |first1=Laura |title=Circus fun, with a French twist, returns to Putney |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11473635.circus-fun-with-a-french-twist-returns-to-putney/ |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Your Local Guardian |publisher=Sutton & Croydon Guardian |date=15 September 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Krause |first1=Riley |title=The circus is coming to town |url=https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/17872651.circus-coming-town/ |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Wimbledon Times |publisher=Wimbledon Times |date=31 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
The common also includes Putney Lower Common Cemetery which was established in 1858.


== Wildlife ==
In 1871 the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Act was passed which prevented further building. The Common still provides traditional activities associated with commons before they were overtaken by urbanisation and enclosure - cricket is played in the summer and there is a fairground on bank holidays. In the south-east corner lies [[All Saints' Church, Putney Common|All Saints' Church]], built in 1874. The [[London Buses route 22|number 22]] bus route begins at the Spencer Arms, at the North East corner of the common.
The common is predominantly neutral grassland, it is a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI), a [[Special Area of Conservation]] (SAC),<ref>{{cite web |title=Nature on the Commons |url=https://www.wpcc.org.uk/nature/nature |website=www.wpcc.org.uk |publisher=Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=english}}</ref> and within the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]] is a designated site of borough importance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sites with Designations/Protection for Biodiversity in Wandsworth |url=https://enablelc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/designated-wildlife-sites.pdf |website=enablelc.org/ |publisher=enable |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>


The common is part of a wider habitat network that includes the [[WWT London Wetland Centre]], [[Barnes Common]], with the [[wildlife corridor]] of [[Putney Park Lane]] up to [[Putney Heath]], [[Wimbledon Common]] and [[Richmond Park]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pleasuance Open Space |url=https://www.goparks.london/park/the-pleasuance-open-space/ |website=www.goparks.london/ |publisher=Go Parks London |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==References==

In 2019 the [[People's Trust for Endangered Species]] found that the site is a hotspot in London for [[European hedgehog|hedgehogs]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Study reveals where London's hedgehog hotspots are - PTES |url=https://ptes.org/press-release-study-reveals-where-londons-hedgehog-hotspots-are-and-where-help-is-needed/ |website=People's Trust for Endangered Species |publisher=People's Trust for Endangered Species |access-date=18 April 2021 |date=17 February 2020}}</ref> [[Greenspace Information for Greater London]] records show that [[Lucanus cervus|stag beetles]] have been recorded on the common, as well as [[Hobby (bird)|Hobbies]], [[Kestrels]] and [[Alcedo atthis|Kingfishers]].<ref name="GIGL data" />

Several invasive species have been found on the common, [[Oak processionary|Oak Processionary moth]] was first recorded in 2011 and the WPCC try to control its numbers with regular surveys, caterpillar removal,<ref>{{cite web |title=Oak Processionary Moth |url=https://www.wpcc.org.uk/nature/oak-processionary-moth |website=www.wpcc.org.uk |publisher=Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=english}}</ref> and application of the [[biocontrol agent]] ''[[Bacillus thuringiensis]]''; [[Japanese knotweed]] and [[Himalayan balsam]] have also been recorded and removed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wimbledon and Putney Commons Annual Conservation Report 2019/20 |url=https://www.wpcc.org.uk/downloads/conservation-reports/item-06.20.13--annual-conservation-report-2019--20-final-red.pdf |website=www.wpcc.org.uk/ |publisher=Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

The common has regularly won the [[London in Bloom]] gold award in the Common of the Year category, for management to improve the local environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=London in Bloom |url=http://londoninbloom.co.uk/downloads/ |website=londoninbloom.co.uk |publisher=London In Bloom |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

== Sports grounds ==
[[File:Putney Common - geograph.org.uk - 5334.jpg|thumb|right|Putney Cricket club]]

Putney Cricket Club have a [[cricket pitch]] on the south side of the common, between Queens ride and Lower common South.<ref>{{cite web |title=Putney Cricket Club |url=https://www.putneycricketclub.com/ |website=www.putneycricketclub.com/ |publisher=Putney Cricket Club |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> There is an established walking trail that takes the common and Barnes common, with a distance of 3.4km.<ref>{{cite web |title=Putney Lower Common Circular |url=https://www.alltrails.com/trail/england/london/putney-lower-common-circular |website=AllTrails.com |publisher=All Trails |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Putney Town Bowling Club have a [[bowling green]] and clubhouse on the west side of the common, next to the Oasis Academy.<ref>{{cite web |title=home - ptbsc |url=http://www.putneytownbowlingclub.co.uk/ |website=www.putneytownbowlingclub.co.uk |publisher=Putney Town Bowling Club |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
[[Jilly Cooper]]'s book, ''The Common Years'' (1984), is a diary about Cooper's life living near the Common.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Jilly |title=The common years. |date=1998 |publisher=Transworld |location=London |isbn=9781448109067 |pages=320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMWwgCqvlo8C |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gardens (en) |first1=Parks and |title=Putney Lower Common |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/putney-lower-common |website=www.parksandgardens.org/ |publisher=Parks & Gardens |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

== Transport ==
There are parking spaces on Mill Hill road by the cemetery, the Common is served by [[Transport for London]] buses 22, 265 and 284 which stop at Commondale on the Lower Richmond road, [[Barnes railway station]] (Southwestern Railway) is a 10 minute walk.

== External links ==
* [https://www.wpcc.org.uk/the-commons/putney-lower-common Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators website]

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Latest revision as of 07:36, 21 March 2023

Putney Lower Common is an open parkland space in the London Borough of Wandsworth between the town centres of Putney and Barnes. It is part of Wimbledon and Putney Commons, lying 1.5 miles from the rest of the common area.

Geography

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The common has an area 13.22 ha,[1] it borders with Barn Elms and Beverley Brook on the north, the residential Commondale and Horne Way areas on the west with Lower Common South road on the south, and with Barnes Common on the west side; the Lower Richmond road and Queen's ride run across the common.[2]

History

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The land was enclosed from the 15th century,[3] in 1871 the Wimbledon and Putney Commons act entrusted the land from the Spencer family, to the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators (WPCC), who have been responsible for managing the land ever since.[4][5]

Features

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All Saints' Church

The Oasis Academy Putney primary school lies on the east side of the common,[6] on the site of the former Putney Hospital,[7] construction of the school involved the loss of commons land so that a new access road could be laid.[8]

22 bus terminus

The Spencer pub[9] is on the south side of the Lower Richmond road, and often expands its seating area onto the common in the summer, under licence with WPCC.[10] All Saints is a Grade II* listed church on the south east corner of the common, it has a churchyard and features windows designed by William Morris.[11] Transport for London's number 22 bus, run by London General for the Go-Ahead Group, terminates at Putney Common, with buses parking between the Spencer pub and All Saints church, before maintenance at the nearby Putney bus garage on Chelverton road.[12]

Putney Lower Common Cemetery lies on the west side of the common on the Lower Richmond road, bordering with Barnes Common,[13] it features several notable graves.[14]

Funfairs visit the common on bank holidays, and the Santus circus have visited the common in late summer.[15][16]

Wildlife

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The common is predominantly neutral grassland, it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a Special Area of Conservation (SAC),[17] and within the London Borough of Wandsworth is a designated site of borough importance.[18]

The common is part of a wider habitat network that includes the WWT London Wetland Centre, Barnes Common, with the wildlife corridor of Putney Park Lane up to Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park.[19]

In 2019 the People's Trust for Endangered Species found that the site is a hotspot in London for hedgehogs,[20] Greenspace Information for Greater London records show that stag beetles have been recorded on the common, as well as Hobbies, Kestrels and Kingfishers.[2]

Several invasive species have been found on the common, Oak Processionary moth was first recorded in 2011 and the WPCC try to control its numbers with regular surveys, caterpillar removal,[21] and application of the biocontrol agent Bacillus thuringiensis; Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam have also been recorded and removed.[22]

The common has regularly won the London in Bloom gold award in the Common of the Year category, for management to improve the local environment.[23]

Sports grounds

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Putney Cricket club

Putney Cricket Club have a cricket pitch on the south side of the common, between Queens ride and Lower common South.[24] There is an established walking trail that takes the common and Barnes common, with a distance of 3.4km.[25] The Putney Town Bowling Club have a bowling green and clubhouse on the west side of the common, next to the Oasis Academy.[26]

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Jilly Cooper's book, The Common Years (1984), is a diary about Cooper's life living near the Common.[27] [28]

Transport

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There are parking spaces on Mill Hill road by the cemetery, the Common is served by Transport for London buses 22, 265 and 284 which stop at Commondale on the Lower Richmond road, Barnes railway station (Southwestern Railway) is a 10 minute walk.

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Reference list

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  1. ^ "Putney Lower Common". www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/. Woodland trust. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation: Putney Lower Common" (PDF). enablelc.org/. Greenspace Information for Greater London. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Putney Lower Common". Parks & Gardens. Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Our History". www.wpcc.org.uk. Wimbledon and Putney Commons. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Wimbledon and Putney Commons Act 1871". www.ledr.com. Leading Edge Derivatives Research Ltd. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "homepage". www.oasisacademyputney.org. Oasis Community Learning. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Putney Hospital". ezitis.myzen.co.uk. Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ^ Pettitt, Josh (4 December 2013). "Residents raise thousands for legal challenge to Putney Common". www.standard.co.uk. Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ "A friendly free house in the heart of Putney". The Spencer Pub. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Benches On Putney Lower Common Planning application passed for seasonal use at latest Council meeting". PutneySW15. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. ^ "All Saints' Putney - Serving the Parish of Putney". allsaints.parishofputney.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  12. ^ "22 bus route". tfl.gov.uk. Transport for London. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Putney Lower Common Cemetery". www.wandsworth.gov.uk/. Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  14. ^ "The Burial Grounds of Putney London SW15" (PDF). putneysociety.org.uk/. The Putney Society. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  15. ^ Proto, Laura (15 September 2014). "Circus fun, with a French twist, returns to Putney". Your Local Guardian. Sutton & Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  16. ^ Krause, Riley (31 August 2019). "The circus is coming to town". Wimbledon Times. Wimbledon Times. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Nature on the Commons". www.wpcc.org.uk. Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Sites with Designations/Protection for Biodiversity in Wandsworth" (PDF). enablelc.org/. enable. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  19. ^ "The Pleasuance Open Space". www.goparks.london/. Go Parks London. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Study reveals where London's hedgehog hotspots are - PTES". People's Trust for Endangered Species. People's Trust for Endangered Species. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Oak Processionary Moth". www.wpcc.org.uk. Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Wimbledon and Putney Commons Annual Conservation Report 2019/20" (PDF). www.wpcc.org.uk/. Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  23. ^ "London in Bloom". londoninbloom.co.uk. London In Bloom. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Putney Cricket Club". www.putneycricketclub.com/. Putney Cricket Club. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Putney Lower Common Circular". AllTrails.com. All Trails. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  26. ^ "home - ptbsc". www.putneytownbowlingclub.co.uk. Putney Town Bowling Club. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  27. ^ Cooper, Jilly (1998). The common years. London: Transworld. p. 320. ISBN 9781448109067. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  28. ^ Gardens (en), Parks and. "Putney Lower Common". www.parksandgardens.org/. Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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