Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Harrow

The London Borough of Harrow is one of the northern outer London boroughs: as such much of the Metropolitan Green Belt land is within the Borough boundaries. Parks and open spaces range from the large area around Harrow-on-the-Hill to the smaller gardens and recreation grounds; there are also a number of spaces taken up with golf courses. It has been suggested that Harrow is continuously losing its green space and trees.^[1]

Areas of open space include:

Alexandra Park, South Harrow
Bentley Priory, Stanmore: 165 acres (66ha) open space; Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve
Byron Park, Wealdstone
Canons Park: 45 acres (18ha) 18th century parkland
Chandos Recreational Ground, Edgware
Grim's Dyke Open Space, Harrow Weald
Harrow Park, Harrow on the Hill
Harrow Weald Common, Harrow Weald
Headstone Manor Recreation Park: 57 acres (230,000 m²) including the Museum and Headstone Manor & Bessborough Cricket Club
Newton Park, Rayners Lane
Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner
Pinner Park Farm tenant dairy farmers Hall & Sons: total 230 acres (0.93 km²)
Pinner Village Gardens, Pinner
Roxbourne Park, Rayners Lane
Stanmore Common: 120 acres (48ha); Local Nature Reserve
Stanmore Country Park: 77.5 acres (31ha); Local Nature Reserve^[2]
Stanmore Marsh, Stanmore
Streamside Reservation, alongside Yeading Brook, Pinner
The Grove Open Space, Lowlands Road, Harrow
West Harrow Recreational Ground, West Harrow

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References

^ "Borough turning grey as trees fall".
^ Stanmore Country Park, Wild About Britain Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Borough turning grey as trees fall".

[2] Stanmore Country Park, Wild About Britain Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

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Royal parks	Bushy Green Greenwich Hyde Kensington Regent's Richmond St James's
Large urban parks	Alexandra Arnos Barking Barra Hall Battersea Beckenham Place Park Blackheath Brockwell Burgess Charlton Clissold Crystal Palace Dulwich Enfield Town Finsbury Forster Memorial Hampstead Heath Hanworth Holland Mayesbrook Mountsfield Old Deer Parsloes Primrose Hill Pymmes Queen's Park Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Ravenscourt Ruskin Southwark Valentines Victoria Wandsworth Wanstead Waterlow Park West Ham Wimbledon
Country parks	Bayhurst Wood Bedfont Lakes Belhus Woods Eastbrookend Fairlop Waters Foots Cray Fryent Hainault Forest Havering High Elms Hornchurch Lee Valley South Norwood Stanmore Stockley Trent
Commons	Barnes Blackheath Bostall Heath Clapham Ealing East Sheen Eel Brook Eltham Hackney Marshes Hainault Forest Ham Hampstead Heath Hayes Keston Mitcham Monken Hadley Peckham Rye Plumstead Stanmore Streatham Sutton Tooting Tylers Wandsworth Wimbledon and Putney Winn's Woolwich Wormwood Scrubs
Village greens	Camberwell Crooked Billet Islington Kew Newington Parsons Richmond Shepherd's Bush Turnham Twickenham
Marshes and wetlands	Crayford Erith Hackney Hornchurch Ickenham Ingrebourne Leyton Rainham, Wennington, and Aveley Tottenham Walthamstow Woodberry Wetlands WWT London Wetland Centre
Woodland	Bostall Braeburn Coldfall Copse Dulwich Epping Forest Grangewood Park Highgate Lesnes Abbey Mad Bess Old Park Oxleas Park Petts Queen's Repository Woods Russia Dock Sydenham Hill
House gardens	Avenue House Belair Park Boston Manor Park Broomfield House Cannizaro Park Chiswick House Danson Park Grovelands Park Grove Park Gunnersbury Park Hall Place Hampton Court Park Hillingdon Court Kenwood House Lamorbey Park Langtons Manor House Gardens Marble Hill Park Morden Hall Park Morden Park Osterley Park Syon House Valence House Museum Walpole Park
Entry-fee charging	Kew Gardens London Wetland Centre
Community gardens	Phoenix Garden

Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Harrow

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