Sunny Hill Park

Sunny Hill Park is in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a large hilly park, 22 hectares,[1] 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.[2][3]

Sunny Hill Park on a sunny spring afternoon

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.[4] 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.[5] The park still has hedgerows showing former field boundaries and mature trees.[4]

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.

  • Sunny Hill Park landscape
  • Sunny Hill Park from southern end
  • Sunny Hill Park cafe
  • Sunny Hill Park playground
  • South east corner of Sunny Hill Park
  • View north from Sunny Hill Park
  • Steps at Sunny Hill Park

See also

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

Notes
  1. Mill Hill East Environmental Statement
  2. "Sunny Hill Park and Hendon Churchyard". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.
  4. Sunny Hill Park, London Gardens Online
  5. Roman Hendon - Another Piece of the Jigsaw, Hendon & District Archaeological Society Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine

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