Country Parks
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Welcome to Country Parks & Nature Reserves
The Borough's Parks and Green Spaces together represent one of the highest percentage of green areas of all London boroughs.
The opportunities to enjoy the outdoor life ranges from the historic Chiswick House Gardens, to the more relaxed and intimate experience of local and neighbourhood parks. Events, play areas, and space for sporting activities, provide the opportunity for a diverse range of pastimes.
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Beaversfield Park
Beaversfield Park is situated on Rosemary Avenue, a 10 minute walk from Hounslow West tube station. As one of the few green spaces in a relatively urban area, it is a popular and well used site.
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Bedfont Lakes
Bedfont Lakes Country Park is a designated Local Nature Reserve and Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (of Metropolitan Importance) and has won many national and regional awards for excellence.
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Boston Manor Park
Boston Manor Park is a large historic park surrounding Boston Manor House which was built in 1623 and remained in private ownership until 1924.Most of the land that is now the park was farmland until the end of last century.
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Chiswick House Grounds
Chiswick House is considered to be the finest surviving example of Palladian architecture in Britain, with superb collections of paintings and furniture. Its surrounding grounds claim to be the birthplace of the English landscape garden and thought to be the most important historical landscapes in England and in Wales.
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Crane Valley Park
Crane Park is in the boroughs of Richmond and Hounslow. The River Crane flows through the park and the riverbanks are home to a thriving colony of Marsh Frogs and the very rare Water Vole. The largest crack willow in the country grows by its waters.
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Cranford Countryside Park
Cranford Country Park is a historic countryside park that was originally the grounds of Cranford House (demolished 1945). This 144 acre park, still features a number of historical relics including a walled garden, icehouse, a restored 18th century stable block and the medieval St. Dunstan's Church and graveyard which was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
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Dukes Hollow Nature ReserveA small area of ecological importance by Barnes Bridge on the River Thames with a natural tidal foreshore, featuring a variety of waterside plants. Home to two nationally rare snails: the Two Lipped Door Snail and the German Hairy Snail. A viewing platform is open daily.
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Gunnersbury Park Estate
Gunnersbury Park is a large leafy park set between Brentford and Acton. It has a range of attractions and things to do including formal gardens, green open spaces, lakes, historic buildings, a museum, play and sports facilities and a network of tree lined paths.
Hanworth Park
Hanworth Park, located in the southwest of the borough, is one Hounslow’s Historic Parks and Gardens and was formerly a Royal Park and Palace used by King Henry VIII.
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Hounslow Heath Nature Reserve
Hounslow Heath is a designated Local Nature Reserve and Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (of Metropolitan Importance) and is made up of lowland heath, dry acid grassland, woodland, scrub, neutral grasslands, wetlands, wildflower meadows, providing a wild, rugged country setting with a large network of paths for your visit, in what is a heavily urbanised area.
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Jersey GardensHounslow Heath is a designated Local Nature Reserve and Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (of Metropolitan Importance) and is made up of lowland heath, dry acid grassland, woodland, scrub, neutral grasslands, wetlands, wildflower meadows, providing a wild, rugged country setting with a large network of paths for your visit, in what is a heavily urbanised area.
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Pevensey Road Open SpaceThis green open space is a designated Local Nature Reserve, and features areas of meadow scrubland, woodland and wetlands alongside the River Crane. The riverside walk here forms part of the London Loop walk and it is possible to walk from Pevensey Road to the River Thames following the River Crane.
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Redlees Park
Redlees Park is 6.34 hectares in area and is situated in the Isleworth ward of the London Borough of Hounslow, close the centre of what was, in historical times, Isleworth village.