Little Wormwood Scrubs in London, spring 2013 (2)

Little Wormwood Scrubs is a park in Kensal Green on the border of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Counter's Creek Counter's Creek, ending in Chelsea Creek, the lowest part of which still exists, was a stream that flowed from Kensal Green, by North Kensington and flowed south into the River Thames on the Tideway at Sands End, Fulham. Its remaining open water ...

, a now subterranean stream that arises in Kensal Green flows south through the park, eventually joining the

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History

Little Wormwood Scrubs was originally part of

Wormwood Scrubs Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs (or simply Scrubs), is an open space in Old Oak Common located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the borough, ...

, and separated from it in the 1840s when the railway embankment of the West London line was built. In 1870, the northwest part of the land was exchanged for land to the south east;

Little Wormwood Scrubs today

In 2005, an unexploded terrorist bomb was discovered in the park. Part of the

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, it was made safe by the police using a

controlled explosion A controlled explosion is a method for detonating or disabling a suspected explosive device. Methods which are used to set off a controlled explosion include clearing the area and using a bomb disposal robot to attach a shaped charge to the susp ...

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Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Common land in London {{London-stub

History

Little Wormwood Scrubs today

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