Inventory Site Record

Tavistock Gardens appear to have been laid out in the 1990s to serve the residents of the Portabello area and at that time the garden was surrounded by high walls. The gardens were completely redesigned in 2001.

Site location:

Tavistock Crescent

Postcode:

W11 1HF

What 3 Words:

camp.acid.mats

Type of site:

Public Gardens

Borough:

Kensington & Chelsea

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

unrestricted

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Children's play area, dog facilities

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Park (Hammersmith & City).

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Research updated:

01/04/2012

Last minor changes:

14/07/2022

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This area was undeveloped well into the C19th although by 1850 streets around Westbourne Grove to the west were beginning to be laid out and by the late 1860s St Luke's Road, with its church and Tavistock Road were being built. By 1895 the area was covered with terraces, with Tavistock Crescent bordered to the north-west by the railway line. By the mid-1970s the north-east part of the crescent was cleared of houses but the area now the site of the park appears to have remained built up until the late 1980s.

Sources consulted:

Grid ref:

TQ246815 (524650,181550)

Size in hectares:

Site ownership:

RB Kensington & Chelsea

Site management:

Leisure Services, Parks and Open Spaces

Date(s):

1990s; 2001

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:

None