Inventory Site Record

Little Wormwood Scrubs is former common land originally part of Wormwood Scrubs that was cut off when the West London Railway was constructed in 1844. It has been managed as a park since 1886.

Site location:

Dalgarno Gardens

Postcode:

NW10

What 3 Words:

ridge.foam.cove

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Hammersmith & Fulham

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

7.30am - dusk (but not much to stop 24hr access)

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: White City (Central). Bus: 220

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Research updated:

01/04/2004

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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Little Wormwood Scrubs was acquired for a public park under the Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1886.The site was originally crossed by Counter's Creek, which formed the borough boundary. The development of land north of the park, most significantly the railway embankment, has resulted in the Creek drying up. In the 1930s the remnant of the stream had been converted into a series of small elongated ponds and the path of the stream is still traceable from the point where it entered at the north to almost the south of the park, except where it has been covered by a bank of spoil from the recent railway construction works associated with the Channel Tunnel.

There are a number of trees of various ages in the park, including mature oaks and a fine hybrid black poplar, and a small area of formal planting along Dalgarno Road. The north and west of the park are edged by railways. To the east is the red brick Sutton Estate and to the south there is turn-of-the-century housing. Since registration under the Commons Registration Act 1965, 0.328 hectares ceased to be common land in 1984.

Sources consulted:

LB Hammersmith & Fulham Archives Dept, 'A note on the open spaces of Fulham and Hammersmith', 1974 p13; John Archer, Daniel Keech 'Nature Conservation in Hammersmith & Fulham', Ecology Handbook 25, London Ecology Unit, 1993

Grid ref:

TQ230820 (522990,181980)

Size in hectares:

8.81

Site ownership:

LB Hammersmith & Fulham (part registered under the Land Registration Acts)

Site management:

RB Kensington & Chelsea

Date(s):

1886

Designer(s):

Local authority

Listed structures:

None

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

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

Yes: Common (CL19)

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:

Yes - Local Importance

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

Local Park; Open Space of Borough-wide Importance