Inventory Site Record

Northway Gardens is a linear park comprising three areas of gardens through which the Mutton Brook runs in a channel, lined in parts by weeping willows. It was laid out as part of the 'New Suburb' developed from 1911 when 112 acres of land were purchased to the east of the original Hampstead Garden Suburb. The gardens have woodland and grass to the west, formal gardens and tennis courts in the middle area, and ornamental shrubs and trees in the most easterly section.

Site location:

Northway/Falloden Way/Kingsley Way

Postcode:

NW11 6RJ

What 3 Words:

yoga.wanted.short

Type of site:

Public Gardens

Borough:

Barnet

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

unrestricted

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Tennis courts; play area (Café / toilets abuts park on Northway)

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Golders Green (Northern) then bus. Bus H2, 102.

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Research updated:

01/11/2016

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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Pleasant linear park within Hampstead Garden Suburb, with three areas of gardens running from Falloden Way to Kingsley Way, through which Mutton Brook runs in a stone-faced channel and is crossed by bridge. Northway Gardens was laid out as part of the 'New Suburb' developed from 1911 when 112 acres of land were purchased to the east of the original Hampstead Garden Suburb and laid out by Ray Unwin, houses built under the architectural control of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. Weeping willows line the banks of the brook in parts. The gardens are generally separated by hedging from the housing on either side.The first area to the west is woodland with trees including ash and willow, and areas of grass; a path runs alongside the Mutton Brook to the the end of the gardens, where there is a playground. The middle area has formal gardens laid out as well as tennis courts and a pavilion, with an area of rose beds in shaped beds either side of a new pergola. The garden has numerous seats and some fine ornamental trees and shrubs. The third area to the east is landscaped with ornamental shrubs and trees in lawns, with a crescent-shaped raised bed with seating immediately adjacent to Northway.

In recent years a local community group, Northway Gardens Organisation, has taken over 21 abandoned beds and created a low maintenance non-municipal area in the gardens and since 2014 has planted up all the beds to create year-round interest.

Sources consulted:

Jan Hewlett, Ian Yarham, David Curson, 'Nature Conservation in Barnet', London Ecology Unit, 1997.

Grid ref:

TQ257889 (525770,188990)

Size in hectares:

4

Site ownership:

LB Barnet

Site management:

Leisure and Youth Services, Green Spaces Division/Friends of Northway Gardens/Northway Gardens Organisation

Date(s):

1911

Designer(s):

Unwin and Parker

Listed structures:

None

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

No

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

No

In Conservation Area:

Yes

Conservation Area name:

Hampstead Garden Suburb

Tree Preservation Order:

Not known

Nature Conservation Area:

Yes - Local Importance (Mutton Brook)

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

Yes

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

Local Park. Article 4 Direction

Northway Gardens, Central section, October 2000. Photo: S Williams

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