Inventory Site Record

Enfield UDC opened Ponders End Recreation Ground in the 1920s, having purchased 8 acres of land for its creation. The name Ponders End may have derived from a family by the name of Ponder who lived here in the C14th, probably so-called for being keepers of a pond. It is a small recreation ground with some formal planting at the entrance on the High Street, which has railings and London planes. Beyond the small area of formal flower beds and shrubberies is a modest bandstand surrounded with a partial circle of hedging with some roses, beyond which are sports facilities.

Site location:

High Street/Cromwell Court, Ponders End, Enfield

Postcode:

EN3 4DA

What 3 Words:

remedy.banks.drain

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Enfield

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

8am Mon-Sat / 8.30am Sundays to dusk (refer to Council website for seasonal details)

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Children's playground, basketball court, tennis court, cricket/football pitches, toilet (outside park railings)

Events:

Public transport:

Rail: Southbury; Ponders End. Bus: 313

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Research updated:

01/04/2011

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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Earliest references to the name Ponders End for the hamlet here date from the late C16th. In the 1880s, as Edmonton increasingly became an important industrial centre, the area began to be built over to create housing for the working population. An incentive was the cheap train fares offered to workers if they arrived before 7am.

Sources consulted:

Victoria County History; Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, 'The London Encyclopaedia' (Macmillan, revised ed. 1993).

Grid ref:

TQ353958 (535470,195828)

Size in hectares:

5.25

Site ownership:

LB Enfield

Site management:

Place Shaping and Enterprise, Parks Business Unit

Date(s):

1920s

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:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

Included in Local Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Public Open Space