The

London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county ...

is responsible for 239 parks and open spaces within its boundaries. Since much of the area is within the

Green Belt A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which hav ...

, there are large areas of land properly called open space. They range in size from the

Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward towards Huddersfield. ...

corridor to the smallest gardens and playing fields. *

Barra Hall Park Barra Hall Park is an formal park situated near the centre of Hayes in the ward of Townfield in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The park came into existence in December 1923. The main entrance to the park is off Freemans Lane. There are ten ...

* Bishop's Wood Country Park *Cranford Park *

Denham Lock Wood Denham Lock Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) next to the Grand Union Canal, and near Denham in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was notified in 1986 and is managed by the London Wildlife Trust on behalf of ...

Eastcote House Gardens Eastcote House Gardens is an area of public parkland in Eastcote, within the London Borough of Hillingdon. The site covers and incorporates the walled garden, dovecote and coach house of Eastcote House. The house was demolished in 1964 by the ...

Frays Farm Meadows Frays Farm Meadows is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Denham in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was notified as an SSSI in 1981, and has been managed by the London Wildlife Trust on behalf of Hillingdon Council since ...

*Gutteridge Wood *Hayes Park * Hillingdon Court Park *

Ickenham Marsh Ickenham Marsh is an area of grassland and marsh in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is managed as a nature reserve by London Wildlife Trust London Wildlife Trust (LWT), founded in 1981, is a local nature conservation charity for Greate ...

Lake Farm Country Park Lake Farm Country Park is an expanse of green belt land approximately 60 acres in size fringed by trees and the Grand Union Canal, situated in the south of Hayes in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Its formal status as a country park dates back ...

Mid Colne Valley Mid Colne Valley is a 132 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harefield in the London Borough of Hillingdon and Denham, Buckinghamshire, Denham in South Buckinghamshire. Its main importance lies in its extensive diversity of ...

Minet Country Park Minet Country Park is a 36-hectare park on Springfield Road, Hayes in the London Borough of Hillingdon; it is situated between the A312 (Hayes by-pass) and the Uxbridge Road. History Awarded a Green Flag for the first time in 2009, Minet Count ...

Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens The Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens in Hayes is one of Hillingdon Borough's designated gardens of excellence. In September 2010, the Gardens earned a gold award for ''Best London Small Park'' in the London in Bloom competition. The Gardens, which ...

* No Man's Land *

Old Park Wood Old Park Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harefield in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The south-east part is an nature reserve owned and managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. The site is ancient woodla ...

Ruislip Woods Ruislip Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and national nature reserve covering in Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The woods became London's first national nature reserve in May 1997. Ruislip Local Nature Reserve at i ...

(inc. Bayhurst Wood Country Park, Copse Wood, Mad Bess Wood) *Pinkwell Park *

Stockley Country Park The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county ...

Hillingdon Parks Patrol Service Hillingdon Parks Patrol Service was a small patrol body, responsible for policing the parks and open spaces of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. Members of the patrol service were sworn as constables from at least 2009 under section 18, M ...

* Uxbridge Common *

Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground Uxbridge Cricket Ground opened in 1971. Uxbridge Cricket Club moved here after a redevelopment of Uxbridge High Street saw the club move from their Cricketfield Road ground. The present ground is situated across from Uxbridge Common on which th ...

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