Lyttelton Playing Fields
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Lyttelton Playing Fields is a 9 hectare public park in Hampstead Garden Suburb
in the London Borough of Barnet
. It is one of Barnet's 'Premier Parks'.
Most of the site is a large grassed area which can be used for cricket and football, and there are also a children's playground, tennis courts, multisport basketball and football courts, a private bowls club and toilets.
Mutton Brook
goes along the north of the site through a small area of old woodland which is shown on Rocque
's map of 1754, and was called Watery Wood in an 1864 Ordinance Survey map. The hedgerow along the southern edge once marked the boundary of the Bishop of London
's Hornsey Park Estate. There is a small 'Children's Millennium Wood' in the north west corner.
Lyttelton Playing Fields has an active friends group which secured Lottery funding in 2011 for renovation.
Access is from Kingsley Way, Lyttelton Road, Norrice Lea and Linden Lea.
Hampstead Garden Suburb
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in the London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 331,500 and covers . It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the south-east and Enfield to the...
. It is one of Barnet's 'Premier Parks'.
Most of the site is a large grassed area which can be used for cricket and football, and there are also a children's playground, tennis courts, multisport basketball and football courts, a private bowls club and toilets.
Mutton Brook
Mutton Brook
Mutton Brook is a stream which runs between East Finchley and Hendon in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a tributary of the River Brent, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames....
goes along the north of the site through a small area of old woodland which is shown on Rocque
John Rocque
John Rocque was a surveyor and cartographer.Rocque was born no later than 1709, since that was the year he moved to England with his parents, who were French Huguenot émigrés...
's map of 1754, and was called Watery Wood in an 1864 Ordinance Survey map. The hedgerow along the southern edge once marked the boundary of the Bishop of London
Bishop of London
The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
's Hornsey Park Estate. There is a small 'Children's Millennium Wood' in the north west corner.
Lyttelton Playing Fields has an active friends group which secured Lottery funding in 2011 for renovation.
Access is from Kingsley Way, Lyttelton Road, Norrice Lea and Linden Lea.