Lyttelton Playing Fields

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Lyttelton Playing Fields is a 9 hectare [1] public park in Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of Barnet's 'Premier Parks'. [2]

Hampstead Garden Suburb suburb of Hampstead, United Kingdom

Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is an example of early twentieth-century domestic architecture and town planning in the London Borough of Barnet in northwest London. The master plan was prepared by Barry Parker and Sir Raymond Unwin. Comprising just over 5,000 properties, and home to around 13,000 people, undivided houses of high value with individual gardens are a key feature. The area is dotted with landscaped garden squares or communal parks.

London Borough of Barnet Borough in United Kingdom

Barnet is a suburban London borough in North London, England. It forms part of Outer London and is the largest London borough by population with 384,774 inhabitants and covers an area of 86.74 square kilometres (33 sq mi), the fourth highest. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the southeast and Enfield to the east.

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Most of the site is a large grassed area which can be used for cricket and football, and there are also a children's playground, tennis courts, multisport basketball and football courts, a private bowls club and toilets. [1] [3]

Mutton Brook goes along the north of the site through a small area of old woodland which is shown on Rocque's map of 1754, and was called Watery Wood in an 1864 Ordnance Survey map. The hedgerow along the southern edge once marked the boundary of the Bishop of London's Hornsey Park Estate. [1] There is a small 'Children's Millennium wood' in the north west corner. [4]

Mutton Brook river in London, United Kingdom

Mutton Brook is a stream which runs between East Finchley and Hendon in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a tributary of the River Brent, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames.

John Rocque surveyor and cartographer

John Rocque was a surveyor and cartographer.

Ordnance Survey organisation that creates maps of Great Britain

Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency of the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain. Since 1 April 2015 part of Ordnance Survey has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. The Ordnance Survey Board remains accountable to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It is also a member of the Public Data Group.

Lyttelton Playing Fields has an active friends group which secured Lottery funding in 2011 for renovation. [5] [6]

Access is from Kingsley Way, Lyttelton Road, Norrice Lea and Linden Lea.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lyttelton Playing Fields, London Gardens Online
  2. ↑ Premier Parks, London Borough of Barnet Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ Lyttelton Playing Fields, London Borough of Barnet Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine .
  4. ↑ Lyttelton Playing Fields, Kids Fun London
  5. ↑ Lyttelton Playing Fields, news update
  6. ↑ Lyttelton Playing Fields

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