Little Wormwood Scrubs
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| Location | Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England |
Little Wormwood Scrubs is a park in Kensal Green on the border of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Counter's Creek, a now subterranean stream that arises in Kensal Green flows south through the park, eventually joining the River Thames.
History
Little Wormwood Scrubs was originally part of Wormwood Scrubs, and separated from it in the 1840s when the railway embankment of the West London line was built.[1]
In 1870, the northwest part of the land was exchanged for land to the south east;[2]
Little Wormwood Scrubs today
In 2005, an unexploded terrorist bomb was discovered in the park. Part of the 21 July 2005 London bombings, it was made safe by the police using a controlled explosion.[3]
See also
- North Pole depot, railway depot to the north of both Wormwood Scrubs, and Little Wormwood Scrubs
- Nearby places
- White City, London
- Kensal Green
- North Kensington
References
- ^ Little Wormwood Scrubs, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- ^ Little Wormwood Scrubs Ten-year Management Plan 2010-2019 (PDF), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Appendix five: A Brief History of Little Wormwood Scrubs, p.107
- ^ "21st July Attacks - What Happened". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
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