Inventory Site Record

Princes Park was laid out as a public park in 1923, with tennis courts shown on inter-war OS maps. And includes mature oak trees that predate the surrounding housing development. To the south-east of the park is a small area of woodland that has a fragment of ancient woodland containing a mature wild service tree and old crab apple tree; the area is shown as wooded on a 1796 map.

Site location:

Oakfields Road/Princes Park Avenue/Park Way, Golders Green

Postcode:

NW11 0JS

What 3 Words:

expert.harsh.talked

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Barnet

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

unrestricted

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Toilets, play area, tennis courts

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Brent Cross (Northern). Bus: 83, 183, 210, 240

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Research updated:

01/10/2000

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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The land was purchased to create the public park here in 1923 and it is surrounded by the back gardens of housing all around. It is a well-used neighbourhood park with lawns, flower beds and ornamental shrubbery. There are numerous mature oak trees particularly along Oakfields Road which pre-date the surrounding housing. A small woodland in the south east is a fragment of an older wood, and contains a mature wild service tree and old crab apple tree; the area is shown as wooded on a 1796 map. The park has a perimeter planting of shrubs and formal rose beds near the entrance; a mock-Tudor toilet block is surrounded by a neat evergreen hedge with an arch over the path leading to a circular bed with trees. The original park gates remain.

Sources consulted:

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

Grid ref:

TQ243887 (524390,188520)

Size in hectares:

1.37

Site ownership:

LB Barnet

Site management:

Leisure and Youth Services, Green Spaces Division

Date(s):

1923

Designer(s):

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:

No

Tree Preservation Order:

Not known

Nature Conservation Area:

Yes - Local Importance

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

Small Local Park

Princes Park, October 2000. Photo: S Williams

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