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Albany Park
The
London Borough of Enfield is the northernmost of the Outer
London boroughs . The borough lies within the
Metropolitan Green Belt , and several of its 123 or more parks and open spaces
[1] are part of it. The ancient
Enfield Chase , remnants of which still exist, occupied much of the area. In addition to many playgrounds and sports facilities (including a number of golf courses), the main areas of public open space are:
Durants Park
Albany Park :
Enfield Wash , 45 acres (0.18 km2 ) formally opened 1902, since extended; west of
Enfield Lock railway station
Arnos Park ,
Arnos Grove : 44 acres (0.18 km2 ) opened in 1928;
[2] north of
Arnos Grove tube station ;
Pymmes Brook Trail passes through it
[3]
Beech Hill Park ,
Hadley Wood : includes Hadley Wood Golf Course
Broomfield Park ,
Palmers Green : 54 acres (0.22 km2 ), purchased 1903
Bullsmoor Playing Fields ,
Freezywater
Bury Lodge Gardens
Edmonton
Bush Hill Park Recreation Ground
Bush Hill Park was officially opened on 18 April 1911
Churchfields Recreation Ground
Edmonton
Craig Park ,
Edmonton
Cunningham Park ,
Freezywater
Ryans Park ,
Enfield Highway
Durants Park ,
Enfield Highway created in 1903.
Forty Hall Park : an estate of 273 acres (1.10 km2 ) managed by Enfield Borough, includes woodlands and grounds around
Forty Hall
Firs Farm , (Firs Lane Winchmore Hill London N21 2PJ)'
Grovelands Park ,
Southgate
Hilly Fields , near
Gordon Hill railway station : 62 acres (0.25 km2 ) purchased 1911
Hollywood Gardens ,
Edmonton
Jubilee Park ,
Lower Edmonton
King George's Field ,
Enfield Highway , opened in 1939, to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of
King George V and Queen Mary in 1935.
Minchenden Oak Garden , Southgate
Montagu Road Recreation Ground ,
Edmonton
Oakwood Park : 64 acres (0.26 km2 ) purchased 1927
Ponders End Recreation Ground ( Ryans Park),
Ponders End
Plevna Road Open Space ,
Edmonton
Pymmes Park ,
Edmonton : 53 acres (0.21 km2 ) purchased 1899
Tatem Park ,
Edmonton
Town Park ,
Enfield Town , which incorporates the last public remnant of
Enfield Old Park .
Trent Park : country park
Whitewebbs Park
Apart from those open spaces, there are the two large
reservoirs . The
King George V and the
William Girling collectively known as the
Chingford Reservoirs situated alongside the
River Lea in the east of the Borough.
Covert Way is Enfield's only
Local Nature Reserve .
References
External links
Parks and open spaces by London borough