Inventory Site Record

Roxbourne Park was created in 1936 and in 1939-45 the park was used as a campsite for prisoners of war. The Yeading Brook runs along the eastern boundary of the park, which has a wooded walk along the stream. In the south of the park is a miniature railway run by the Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers.

Site location:

Cannon Lane/High Worple, Rayners Lane

Postcode:

HA2/HA5

What 3 Words:

duke.onion.turned

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Harrow

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

unrestricted

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Children's play area, football pitches, cricket square, basketball practice goal, model steam railway (Suns, April-Oct), car park

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Rayners Lane, Eastcote (Piccadilly, Metropolitan). Bus: 282, 398, H12

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Research updated:

01/01/2012

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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Housing development in the area had begun in the 1880s. Roxbourne Park was created in 1936 on an old landfill site. In the south of the park, actually in the London Borough of Hillingdon, a miniature railway was built over part of the old dump and continues to be run by the Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers on Sunday afternoons from April to October. Harrow Parks Department Tree Nursery used to be located in the park, the site now built over by housing and a school. The park is predominantly playing fields, with a perimeter tarmac path, and some planting of trees and shrubs, but no formal areas. The Yeading Brook runs along the eastern boundary of the park, which has a wooded walk along the stream. The main area of the park is separated from this walk by trees and scrub, the riverbank fairly wild and overgrown, with willow and other trees and waterside plants. Now named Roxbourne Rough Nature Reserve, this area is managed by a Voluntary Warden and workdays are organised on a regular basis.

Sources consulted:

Teresa Farino, Charlotte Pagendam, Sue Swales & Mathew Frith, 'Nature Conservation in Harrow', Ecology Handbook 13 (London Ecology Unit) 1989

Grid ref:

TQ120872 (512050,187420)

Size in hectares:

26.07

Site ownership:

LB Harrow

Site management:

Environmental Services, Parks Services

Date(s):

1936

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 - (part) Borough Imp I (Yeading Brook)

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

part of Green Chain