Hillyfields Park including North Enfield Cricket Club

Enfield Urban District Council purchased 62 acres of farmland owned by Archdeacon Potter and opened Hilly Fields as a public park in 1911, as part of their policy of acquiring land for public open space as the area was being developed for housing. A bandstand was provided to the east of the park in 1921 and was a popular attraction, at August Bank Holiday in 1927 attracting an audience of nearly 5,000 but later became derelict. The Friends of Hillyfields was set up in 1998 with the aim of restoring the bandstand, raising funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and restoration was completed in 2001.

Hillyfields has been described as 'one of the most interesting grassland areas in the borough' and the Council continues to strive to maintain its diversity. There are many mature trees, including large old pollarded trees and numerous oaks scattered over rough grassland, mainly old field boundary trees, but possibly augmented with an ornamental element; those near bandstand roughly aligned east-west, although no sign of related earthworks. The northern boundary is formed by the Turkey Brook, which rises at Potters Bar, and is dotted with hornbeam and scrub trees. Towards the east end of the park, at the top of a slope planted with trees that include oaks and conifers, the park's suburban surroundings are more in evidence, overlooked by St Luke the Evangelist Church opposite in Phipps Hatch Lane. At the bottom of this slope, towards Clay Hill, the restored bandstand is an incongruous but quite picturesque sight. The London Loop runs through the park.

Since 1952 North Enfield Cricket Club has leased a field within the boundaries of Hilly Fields. The Club's first recorded match took place in 1886 at the Burton Court ground, opposite the Royal Hospital Chelsea (q.v.). Games were irregular until the 1930s and the team at that stage seemed to be mainly comprised of players from various local church social groups including Parishes of St Luke’s and St John’s, Clay Hill. The club’s first permanent home was on a piece of farmland called Hog Hill to the north east of Enfield, where a basic pavilion was constructed. With the coming of WWII, Hog Hill was commandeered for an anti-aircraft gun position being the highest point in the area. Once hostilities ceased in 1945 and social and sporting clubs started to reform, the club played on Claysmore, farmland located between Clay Hill and Whitewebbs Park until 1951. The club then moved to Strayfield Road, only a few hundred yards from Claysmore where a cricket pitch of some description had previously been laid, but it took over a year to clear the land and start to lay a square. Strayfield Road is part of Hilly Fields Park, owned by Enfield Council, who agreed to lease the land to the Club with the conditions that the Club own and maintain the cricket square and the pavilion/car park.