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Princes Park is a small public park and
Princes Park, London Gardens Online
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Princes Park, London Gardens Online
Princes Park is a small public park and 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 ...
in Temple Fortune in the London Borough of Barnet.
History
Princes Park was laid out as a public park in 1923. The area was shown as wooded on a 1796 map, and it has mature oak trees that predate local housing./ref> A wild service-tree and
crab apple
''Malus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 30–55 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples, wild apples, and rainberries.
The genus is native to the temperate zone of th ...
also show a long history, while hawthorn hedges are probably remnants of farm hedgerows.
Amenities
It has two tennis courts and a children's playground. There is access from Oakfields Road and Park Way. In February 2018 a memorial for Sir Nicholas Winton was installed.See also
*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 ...
* 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 ...
External links
Princes Park, London Gardens Online
References
Further reading
* {{Nature reserves in Barnet Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet