
Welcome to the Friends of Queen's Wood Website
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- A place to walk the dogs, peace in a busy city and a great place to jog.
- With the changing seasons there is always something new to see, hear and enjoy.
- Queen's Wood is an area of ancient woodland in the London Borough of Haringey, which has been continuously wooded since at least AD 1600.
- Behind the Lodge building is an organic garden overlooked by wood and cafe users.
- The wood is principally inhabited by oak and Hornbeam. Many birds that have spotted in the wood including crows, magpies, jays, blackbirds, greater spotted woodpeckers, green woodpeckers, blue tits, great tits, robins, tree capers, nuthatches, mallards, song thrushes, wood pigeons, wrens, hawfinches, cuckoos, sparrow hawks, London pigeons and goldcrests.
Proposed flood management scheme
Haringey Council's engineers proposed major engineering works in the
Queen's Wood, digging two metre wide channels along existing fragile
stream beds and installing large wooden structures intended to slow
water flow. These were intended to reduce the risk of flooding
downstream from the wood but had no proven benefit to the wood and could
spread pollution and invasive species.
The Friends submitted a full response to the Council's
consultation on the scheme, making clear our opposition with our
reasons. Meanwhile, on 12 July
exceptionally heavy rains did lead to damage to the wood and to
the flooding of nearby properties, but left serious questions
about how far the proposed scheme would have helped. We have
submitted a full report to the council on the events and the
damage to the wood. The Council have agreed
that there is a need to step back from the proposals and have
initiated discussions with us in the hope of reaching a
consensus. We hope the Council will listen to our
representations and will keep members posted on developments by
email.

If you see something wrong in the Wood, ring 999 in an emergency (like an active fire); report anti-social behaviour on 101; or for other issues like fallen trees or dumped rubbish report to Haringey Council on using the map of compartments
Click
HERE to identify the location of the problem
Our Volunteers
The 'Friends of Queen's Wood' is a local voluntary group dedicated to the conservation of Queen's Wood. Membership entitles you to a regular Newsletter, talks, led walks in the Wood, special children's events and information about local conservation and environmental issues. Members can take part in monthly working parties in the Wood.
Our volunteers and committee members do a terrific job cutting back and conservation work including coppicing as well as the regular litter picking. The Committee is made up of local people who love the wood and want to protect it.
Click the button to learn more about us!
Help always wanted!