Gorne Wood is a rare surviving fragment of an old forest and provides habitat for wildlife such as slow worms and endangered hedgehogs
Schools had cake sales and staged protests, supporters did sponsored bike rides and walks, musicians held fundraising concerts, and a theatre group wove the story into a performance piece. Children even sent in their pocket money., proudly announced they had won a race against time to raise the £100,000 to buy Gorne Wood, the closest surviving patch of ancient woodland to the City of London, from developers.
The land was declared a public park 100 years ago to thank Brockley scouts for patrolling nearby railway bridges during the first world war. But in the 1980s it was sold by railway administrators, and in 2004 the scouts were evicted from their hut. They had to move fast, however, as its designation as an asset of community value only had months left before it was due to expire and the site was potentially lost to the community for ever.Photograph: Daniel Saunders
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