Clitterhouse Recreation Ground

Clitterhouse Recreation Ground or Clitterhouse Playing Fields is a park and Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation[1] in Brent Cross in the London Borough of Barnet.[2] It is a large area of mown grass with a children's playground, bordered by thick hedges. Clitterhouse Stream (or Clitterhouse Brook), a tributary of the River Brent, runs along its eastern border.

Clitterhouse Recreation Ground

Clitterhouse Stream

The £4.5 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood development includes spending several million pounds on improving the park, including extensive landscaping, sports facilities and a nature park.[3][4][5]

There is access to the park from Claremont Road, Prayle Grove, Purbeck Drive, Hendon Way, and by a subway from Ridge Hill.

See also

• Barnet parks and open spaces
• Nature reserves in Barnet

Notes

1. "Clitterhouse Recreation Ground". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-12-24.
2. "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.
3. £4.5 billion regeneration scheme for Barnet approved by councillors, Government Business Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
4. Brent Cross Cricklewood, a Town Guide Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
5. Brent Cross Cricklewood Planning Application March 2009, Revised Planning Statement Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

• Hewlett, Janet (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. ISBN 1 871045 27 4.