Description
Most of the historic landscape at Denham now falls within Buckinghamshire Golf Course, a golf club owned by a Japanese company, and is in South Buckinghamshire District Council. Denham Court was later owned by the GLC and St John's Covert, lake and island are all within LB Hillingdon. There are still remnants of avenues of lime, and footbridges across the River Colne north of Denham Court built c.1850, and those east and south of Denham Court date from c.1890s.
Practical Information
| Previously known as | Denham Country Park |
|---|---|
| Site location | Denham Court Road, Denham |
| Postcode | UB9 |
| What3Words | ///foster.noise.solid |
| Type of Site | Public Open Land |
| Borough | Hillingdon |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | unrestricted to Denham Lock Wood |
| Public Transport | Tube: Uxbridge (Metropolitan) then bus. Rail: Denham. Bus: U9, 331 |
| Research Updated | 1 November 2005 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
The woodland contains oak and ash, and some horse chestnut, with hazel coppice and some yew and holly understorey. Groundwork Thames Valley uses Colne Valley Visitors Centre from where there is access to Denham Lock; there is also access via Uxbridge Golf Course (q.v.).
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ050868 |
|---|---|
| Site Ownership | to check (part no longer LB Hillingdon) |
| Site Management | London Wildlife Trust (Denham Lock Wood) |
| Dates | C18th |
| Listed Structures | LBII*: Footbridge across River Colne north of Court. LBII: footbridge east of Court; footbridge south of Court, |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Hillingdon |
| In Conservation Area | Yes |
| Conservation Area Name | Denham Lock |
| Tree Preservation Order | Not known |
| Nature Conservation Area | Yes - Metropolitan or Borough I |
| Green Belt | Yes |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | Denham Lock Wood: SSSI and Local Nature Reserve |
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Nearby parks and gardens
In 1934 127.86 acres of former parkland of Harefield Place Estate was purchased by Middlesex County Council; the house was later refurbished as offices in 1983-5. The grounds were partly developed for housing and partly laid out as Uxbridge Golf Course, which opened in the 1940s. The landscape has one or two big standard oak trees remaining, now much altered by typical linear golf course planting of birch and other trees.
Harefield Place was built as Harefield Lodge in 1786 for Sir Roger Newdigate. John Newdigate had become Lord of Harefield Manor during the reign of Henry VIII and the family remained in possession of the estate until the C20th. Most of the grounds were sold in the 1930s and developed for housing, part now forming Uxbridge Golf Course, and Harefield Place became a hospital in 1934, later used for offices. There are some remnants of the earlier landscaping near the house.
The Pynchester Moat site has remains of the dried up moat of a medieval farmhouse in a bend of the River Pinn, which fed the moat, now in woodland surrounded with railings. A dig by Uxbridge Archaeological Group in 1966-9 revealed the foundations of the medieval farmhouse here. The Harefield Enclosure Map of 1813 shows the site as part of Farley's Mead belonging to the Brackenbury Estate from 1602-1792 and later it was awarded to Uxbridge in compensation for loss of grazing rights.