 Although the woodland areas are the most obvious, the unimproved areas of acid grassland are actually far rarer.There is currently a consultation about the future of the trees on Chestnut Avenue - July 2016

The two commons were the location for the award-winning British Independent Film, "Common People" (2013), written/directed by and starring Kerry Skinner and Stewart Alexander.The plot concerns a pet Parrot escaping the confines of her cage and flying with parakeets in the south London skies, soaring into the lives of the Common People.