Description
Eastcote War Memorial Garden was laid out in 1929 on the former site of Field End Farm pond, when the village war memorial was moved from its location at the busy junction of Field End Road and Bridle Road. The memorial takes the form of a stone cross and has bronze plaques with the names of those who died in WWI and WWII. The public garden, which has the original yew hedge to the road, has trees including two mature Common Ash trees, shrubs, lawn and ornamental bedding, is the location for Eastcote's well-attended Remembrance Day service, which in 2017 saw a gathering of over 1,100 people with 200 children presenting crosses.
Practical Information
| Site location | Field End Road, Eastcote |
|---|---|
| Postcode | HA5 1TD |
| What3Words | ///menu.juror.badly |
| Type of Site | Public Gardens |
| Borough | Hillingdon |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | unrestricted |
| Events | Annual Remembrance Day commemoration |
| Public Transport | Tube: Eastcote (Piccadilly, Metropolitan). Bus: 282. |
| Research Updated | 11 March 2019 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
The original site of the war memorial was at the junction of Field End Road and Bridle Road, a small piece of land near Field End Lodge (now Tudor Lodge Hotel), whose owners Benjamin and Annie Hall had allowed it to be used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) hospital during World War I. In 1917 the Halls requested permission to erect a small memorial near the hospital commemorating six Eastcote men who had died in the war. This wooden memorial was moved St Lawrence's Church in 1921/2 when the current stone war memorial cross was erected, again presented by Mr and Mrs Hall, and unveiled on 12 June 1922. Around the cross are bronze plaques recording the names of Eastcote's 16 war dead as well as commemorating all those who had served from the village, the wounded who passed through Eastcote Hospital and the voluntary helpers who worked there between 1914-19. Following WWII another bronze plaque was added naming 9 war dead.
In 1929 the War Memorial was moved to its current location when the crossroads position was rendering it liable to damage from busy road traffic. The new site was formerly that of the pond for Field End Farm, which stood opposite. The garden was laid out by Messrs. Eborn of Northwood, and retains the yew hedging to the road frontage and a number of mature Common Ash trees. In June 1937 the memorial was draped with the Union Jack and extensive floral decorations in celebration of the coronation of George VI. In 1999 the war memorial was restored and the original bronze plaques removed, where they are displayed in the Eastcote Royal British Legion Hall in Southbourne Gardens. Since 2014 numerous organisations have contributed to improving the Memorial Garden, including The Friends of Eastcote House Gardens, Eastcote Residents Association, Eastcote Conservation Panel, Royal British Legion Eastcote Branch, the 4th and 6th Eastcote Scouting Groups, The Forresters and the War Memorials Trust.
In 1929 the War Memorial was moved to its current location when the crossroads position was rendering it liable to damage from busy road traffic. The new site was formerly that of the pond for Field End Farm, which stood opposite. The garden was laid out by Messrs. Eborn of Northwood, and retains the yew hedging to the road frontage and a number of mature Common Ash trees. In June 1937 the memorial was draped with the Union Jack and extensive floral decorations in celebration of the coronation of George VI. In 1999 the war memorial was restored and the original bronze plaques removed, where they are displayed in the Eastcote Royal British Legion Hall in Southbourne Gardens. Since 2014 numerous organisations have contributed to improving the Memorial Garden, including The Friends of Eastcote House Gardens, Eastcote Residents Association, Eastcote Conservation Panel, Royal British Legion Eastcote Branch, the 4th and 6th Eastcote Scouting Groups, The Forresters and the War Memorials Trust.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ109881 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 0.07 |
| Site Ownership | LB Hillingdon |
| Site Management | Green Spaces Team |
| Dates | 1929 |
| Designers | Messrs. Eborn of Northwood |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Hillingdon |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | Open Space |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Warrender Park was created on a fragment of the landscape park of High Grove. The Highgrove Estate was inherited by the Warrender family in 1894. In 1935 Miss Eleanor Warrender sold the 4.35-hectare site to Ruislip-Northwood UDP for a recreation area, which was initially named Eastcote Recreation Ground. By the late 1970s it was called Warrender Park after the family. High Grove Nature Reserve has woodland with parkland trees and a pond, possibly a relic from the former garden.
This is the gardens and small part of the former grounds of Eastcote House, the home of the Hawtrey family from 1532. Built on the site of an older house, Eastcote House stood close to the junction of Eastcote High Road and Field End. In the 1930s much of the estate was sold for development but the grounds were purchased by Ruislip-Norwood UDC in 1938 as public open space. The house was initially used for communal activities but demolished as unsafe in 1964. Within the grounds are the old Coach house, C17th walled garden, C18th dovecote and a ha-ha. There are many fine mature trees and more recent garden features include a herb garden planted for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee in 1977, orchard, rockery and wildflower meadow.
Pretty Corner is a small triangular area of public garden at the junction of Fore Street and Eastcote High Road. It was once the site of Guts or Gutt's Pond, and was laid out in the 1930s as a public garden. It has trimmed hedges on the two roadside boundaries and a central flagstone path; the rear of the site has shrubbery and trees. It is overlooked by the picturesque New Cottages, built for estate workers in 1879 and designed by Ernest George and Harold Peto. Peto's father, Sir Samuel Morton Peto, was a teant of Eastcote Hall.