Watling Park

Watling Park is a public park in Burnt Oak in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of Barnet's sixteen premier parks.[1]

It is a hilly open area with mown grassland, a children's playground, a football pitch, a basketball pitch and a small rose garden. Burnt Oak Brook, a tributary of the Silk Stream, runs through the park.[2] There are more natural areas of undergrowth at the borders of the park and along the banks of the brook.

The park is in the Watling Estate, a London County Council housing estate built in the 1920s and named after the nearby Roman road. It opened in 1931. The area was formerly farmland,[3] and oak trees on the hill are survivors of its rural past.[4]

The main entrance is at the corner of Watling Avenue and Orange Hill Road, and there is also access from Fortescue Road, Cressingham Road, Abbots Road and Colchester Road.

Gallery

  • Rose Garden
    Rose Garden
  • Burnt Oak Brook
    Burnt Oak Brook
  • Path
    Path
  • Grassland
    Grassland
  • Playground
    Playground

See also

External links

  • London Borough of Barnet, Watling Park
  • London Gardens Online, Watling Park
  • Kids Fund London, Watling Park

References

  1. ^ London Borough of Barnet, Premier Parks
  2. ^ Middlesex County Council, The Story of the Burnt Oak Brook
  3. ^ London Gardens Online, Watling Park
  4. ^ Barnet's Millennium Walk, London Borough of Barnet leaflet

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