Volunteer at Perivale Woods for Habitat Management

Want to get in touch with nature? Help with managing with a local ancient woodland? Volunteer at Perivale Woods and help with Habitat management on Tuesday mornings at 10 am to 1.00 pm. You will get stuck in to some winter habitat management tasks.

Everyone is welcome to join in for a green workout! No experience necessary to volunteer at Perivale Woods. All tools and training will be provided. Wellies or waterproof footwear recommended. You are welcome to bring a packed lunch for afterwards. Activities include scrub clearance, hedge-laying and coppicing.

Contact nicola.goddard@selbornesociety.org.uk for more info and to let them know you’re coming.

Join the Selbourne Society

Joining the Selbourne Society to get access and support the Perivale Woods. Membership benefits include receiving a copy of the Society’s newsletter three times a year and email news round-up of events and activities. Members can visit the reserve on Members’ Days, usually held several times per month, throughout the year. Junior members and their families can come to our monthly Rangers afternoon held on the second Saturday of each month (except August). You can find more details of our junior Rangers activities over on our Facebook Rangers page. 

Joining is easy, fill in a membership form and send it back to us at the address on the form with your payment. The minimum subscription is £10 a year for an adult member or £15 per year for two adults at the same address. Children under the age of 18 can join for £3 a year. For more details on the Selbourne Society membership.  

About Perivale Wood

The Selborne Society manages Perivale Wood. It is Britain’s longest established conservation organisation. They were formed in 1885 and for the last century and more they have sought to honour the tradition of natural history study, a new area of study pioneered by the 18th century clergyman Gilbert White, curate of the parish of Selborne in Hampshire.

The Selborne Society has achieved this through their stewardship of the Gilbert White Memorial, Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve in West London which we have owned since 1922. Today, they strive to foster a love of nature and a commitment to conservation amongst our visitors and the general public.

The Reserve occupies 27 acres with a rich variety of habitats including 18 acres of ancient mixed oak woodland. Plus pasture land, damp scrub, five ponds and two small streams.

Within the Reserve you can find a great variety of nature:

• 600 species of fungi
• 544 species of moths
• 30 species of molluscs
• 17 species of mammals
• 24 species of trees
• 250 species of vascular plants
• 36 species of mosses and liverworts
• 115 species of birds, of which 40 breed regularly
• approximately 3.9 million flowering bluebells

Location of Perivale Wood

The entrance to the reserve is between 36 and 38 Sunley Gardens, Perivale, UB6 7PE. It is easily accessible by walking or cycling

Perivale tube station, on the Central line, is a 5 minute walk away. The 297 bus stops nearby, in both directions. The E5 and 95 both stop on Teignmouth Gardens, a 10 minute walk away.

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