Hainault Forest

Hainault Forest

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hornbeam pollards in Hainault Forest
Location within Greater London
Location	Greater London
Grid reference	TQ477938
Coordinates	51°37′18″N 0°7′45″E / 51.62167°N 0.12917°E / 51.62167; 0.12917
Interest	Biological
Area	135.31 ha (334.4 acres)
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map
Natural England website

Hainault Forest was a large wooded area in the English counties of Essex and Greater London which was mostly destroyed after 1851. Popular outrage at the destruction of most of the forest was an important catalyst for the creation of the modern environmental movement.

Less than a tenth of the original forest survives, with many of the surviving fragments managed as a part of Hainault Forest Country Park. The country park also includes other habitats.

The country park is located on the edge of Greater London, with portions in the London Borough of Redbridge, the London Borough of Havering, and the Lambourne parish of the Epping Forest District in Essex.^[1]