Description
Newton Park West is backland open space to post-war council housing. It is chiefly playing fields with standard perimeter planting of birch, hawthorn, cherry and willow, but there is attractive planting of willows along the Roxbourne River.
Practical Information
| Site location | Alexandra Avenue/Drake Road/Malvern Avenue, Rayners Lane |
|---|---|
| Postcode | HA2 |
| What3Words | ///stores.either.circle |
| Type of Site | Public Park |
| Borough | Harrow |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | unrestricted |
| Facilities | Children's play area, basketball practice goal |
| Public Transport | Tube: Rayners Lane (Metropolitan & Piccadilly). Bus: 398 |
| Research Updated | 1 January 2012 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ129867 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 4.68 |
| Site Ownership | LB Harrow |
| Site Management | Environmental Services, Parks Services |
| Dates | Mid-C20th |
| 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 | Harrow |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | Yes - Local Importance part (south of Roxbourne) |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | Open Space |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Although Newton Ecology Park opened in 1990 as part of Harrow's contribution to European Year of the Environment, the land had been farmed as early as Saxon times, common fields, a Victorian sewage farm and was then part of the Council's Rayners Lane Depot.
Eastcote Lane Cemetery was established by Roxeth Burial Board and opened in 1922. It later transferred to Harrow UDC when the Burial Board disbanded. Now surrounded by suburban housing, the small cemetery has modest headstones set among the grass with trees predominantly along the Eastcote Lane boundary. At the entrance are rustic wooden gates and a picturesque red brick lodge with small turret. Around the lodge a number of palm trees and conifers have been planted. A central tarmac path runs from the entrance, crossed partway along its length by another path, the circular junction surrounded by 4 trees.
Roxbourne Park was created in 1936 on an old landfill site. In 1939-45 the park was used as a campsite for prisoners of war. The Yeading Brook runs along the eastern boundary of the park, which has a wooded walk along the stream. In the south of the park is a miniature railway.