Sunny Hill Park is a park in
Hendon, 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 ...
, England. It is a large hilly park, 22 hectares, mainly grassed, which has extensive views to the north and the west. Together with the neighbouring
Hendon Churchyard, it is a
Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation
Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI), Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) and regionally important geological site (RIGS) are designations used by local authorities in the United Kingdom for sites of substantive local nature ...
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The site used to be Sunnyhill Fields, and was owned by Church Farmhouse, now the adjoining
Church Farmhouse Museum. In 1921
Hendon Council purchased 16 acres for a park, which opened in 1922, and in 1929 it was enlarged when further land was acquired.
[Sunny Hill Park, London Gardens Online](_blank)
/ref> An area with scattered trees in the south-east corner was formerly part of St Mary's Churchyard, an important archaeological site with evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon occupation.Roman Hendon - Another Piece of the Jigsaw, Hendon & District Archaeological Society
The park still has hedgerows showing former field boundaries and mature trees.
It has a cafe, a playground, various tennis and basketball courts and football pitches.
There is access from Church End, Sunny Hill,
Watford Way,
Great North Way, Sunny Gardens Road, Sunningfields Crescent and Church Terrace.
Gallery
Image:SUNNY PARK GARDENS.jpg, Sunny Hill Park landscape
File:Sunny Hill Park.JPG, Sunny Hill Park from southern end
File:Sunny Hill Park Cafe.JPG, Sunny Hill Park cafe
File:Sunny Hill Park playground.JPG, Sunny Hill Park playground
File:Sunny Hill Park south east corner.JPG, South east corner of Sunny Hill Park
File:Sunny Hill Park view north.JPG, View north from Sunny Hill Park
File:Sunnyhill Park Steps.jpg, Steps at Sunny Hill Park
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
External links
Sunny Hill Park, London Gardens Online
Further reading
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Notes
{{Nature reserves in Barnet
Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet
Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet
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