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Northala Fields

London’s Hidden Parks, Gardens And Green Spots Mapped

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Profusion of roses

Nature-ist: Nightingale Gardens

A formal Haringey garden fallen into wondrous wild neglect.

Is that a water wheel top right? Yes, indeed.

Nature-ist: Harleyford Road and Bonnington Square

We find little bit of the green stuff in busy bustly Kennington.

Pymmes Brook at the entrance to Arnos Park from Arnos Grove

Nature-ist: The Pymmes Brook Trail

Through open parkland, shady lanes and grassy fields.

The biggest mound is encircled by a spiral pathway, marked by walls built of crushed concrete in steel cages

Nature-ist: Northala Fields

What are those four mounds flanking the A40 at Northolt?

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Nature-ist: Westway Garden, Ladbroke Grove

A surprisingly quiet slice of green behind Ladbroke Grove station.

St Mary Magdalene Church front, Holloway Road

Nature-ist: St Mary Magdalene Church Garden

A 200 year old public park and former burial ground.

The babbling waterfall keeps the river flowing

Nature-ist: New River Walk

A charming linear park landscaped alongside the New River in Islington.

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Nature-ist: Brompton Cemetery

40 acres worth of green space sandwiched between Brompton Road, Fulham Road and Stamford Bridge football ground.

Sleeping lion tomb of George Wombwell, menagerist. Nearly as grand as the Bostock lion in Abney Park.

Nature-ist: Highgate West Cemetery

A natural woodland park jam packed with graves and riddled with ivy.

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Nature-ist: Waterlow Park

A meadow full of stunning wildflowers in the middle of an undulating park.