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File:Oak Hill Park, Barnet.JPG, Map of the park.
File:Oak Hill Park bridge, Barnet.JPG, Bridge over Pymme's Brook
File:Pymme's Brook in Oak Hill Park.JPG, Pymme's Brook
Oak Hill Park is in East Barnet
East Barnet is an area of north London within the London Borough of Barnet bordered by New Barnet, Cockfosters and Southgate. It is a largely residential suburb whose central area contains shops, public houses, restaurants and services, and ...
in the London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet () is a suburban London borough in North London. The borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It forms part of Outer London and is the largest London borough ...
. It is one of Barnet's premier parks and received a Green Flag Award
The Green Flag Award is an international accreditation given to publicly accessible parks and open spaces, managed under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, a UK Government department, by Keep Britain Tidy, ...
for 2009–10. It is a large area of parkland with a wide range of facilities, including an outdoor gym, a bowls green, football pitches, a golf course, three tennis courts, a multi-sports court and a play area for toddlers.
Part of the park became Oak Hill Wood, a Local Nature Reserve in 1997. Pymme's Brook and Pymmes Brook Trail
The Pymmes Brook Trail is located in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey and is just under long. The brook is named after William Pymme, a local landowner.
The trail goes from Hadley Green to Tottenham Hale, where the trail ...
pass through the park.
Oak Hill Park has been part of Parkrun
Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of events for walkers, runners and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 23 countries across six continents. Junior Parkrun (stylised as junior parkrun) ...
since August 2011
There is access from Church Hill Road, Parkside Gardens, Daneland and Vernon Crescent.
History
Oak Hill dates back to at least the 11th century, as part of the Monkenfrith estate owned by the church. After the dissolution of the Monasteries it was sold in 1536–38 and remained in private ownership until the bulk of the estate - renamed Oak Hill in the late 18th century - was bought by East Barnet Council in 1930 following the death of its last ownerCharles Edward Baring Young
Charles Edward Baring Young (19 March 1850 – 22 September 1928) was an English educationalist and Conservative politician.
Young was born at Paddington, the son of Charles Baring Young and his wife Elizabeth Winthrop. He was educated at Eton ...
in 1928. Oak Hill House became the home of Oak Hill College
Oak Hill College is a conservative evangelical theological college located on Chase Side in Southgate, London, England. Its aim is to prepare men and women from the Church of England and Independent churches for ministry in the real world.
Ove ...
, retaining some of the grounds, while the remainder became Oak Hill Park, established in 1933;Oak Hill Park and Oak Hill Woods Local Nature Reserve, London Gardens Online/ref> The adjacent Monkfrith House existed until demolition in 1937, when the south-east corner of the estate was developed for housing. A monument to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke, owner of Oak Hill in the early 18th Century, stands in the cemetery of St Mary's Church, on the opposite side of the park.
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See also
*Barnet parks and open spaces
The London Borough of Barnet, located on the northern periphery of London and having much of the area within its boundaries in the Metropolitan Green Belt, has many parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries ...
* Nature reserves in Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet, on the northern outskirts of London, is mainly residential, but it has large areas of green space and farmland. The spread of suburban development into the countryside was halted by the designation of a statutory Gr ...
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