Inventory Site Record

The site is partly public open space and partly sports ground, its recreational use probably dating from the 1920s. At the west of Tenterden Fields, an area of land was bequeathed for sports in 1925 and named after John Billam, a large flat open space with a pavilion built for Selfridge Sports Ground, which was opened by Princess Wiasenski, daughter of Gordon Selfridge. The OS Map of 1935 shows the site laid out with playing fields, tennis courts and pavilions.

Site location:

Woodcock Hill/Preston Road

Postcode:

HA3 0PN

What 3 Words:

magma.prove.lights

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Brent

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Preston Road (Metropolitan). Bus: 79, 204

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Research updated:

01/03/2019

Last minor changes:

14/07/2022

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In (2018?) a successful Community Asset Transfer Bid by the Lycee d'londres will result in the rebuilding of the old sports pavilion, and improvements of benefit to the local youth football club, the latter included in the Asset Transfer Bid through the efforts of the football club and local community, who are keen to upgrade the fields, while opposing mass astroturfing of the fields. Other sports taking place on Tenterden Fields include hurling and cricket, with a local Cricket Team established. In 2019 Brent Parks Forum, with assistance from the council's Parks Service contractors, planted 51 whips in Tenterden Fields, with another 60 whips due for planting in November 2019. The Parks Forum has plans to create a nursery for trees and shrubs to supply to all parks in Brent, as Brent Parks main depot.

Sources consulted:

information from Brent Parks Forum

Grid ref:

TQ179877 & TQ181875 (517966,187585)

Size in hectares:

4.13 (Tenterden Fields)

Site ownership:

LB Brent

Site management:

Parks Service; Brent Parks Forum

Date(s):

1925

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:

No

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

Southern edge along railway is Wildlife Corridor