Description
Pinner Village Gardens were laid out at the same time as the development of the 1920s suburb. The park incorporates some notable earlier oak trees and is laid out with winding paths across the lawns, with good perimeter planting of shrubs and specimen trees, floral displays in raised beds and a rose garden. Narrow rig ridge and furrow in the south part of the park is a reminder of the previous use of the land for farming from medieval times, and is the nearest surviving to central London.
Practical Information
| Site location | Marsh Road/Whittington Way, Pinner |
|---|---|
| Postcode | HA5 |
| What3Words | ///sang.gather.cool |
| Type of Site | Public Park |
| Borough | Harrow |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | 7.30am - dusk |
| Facilities | Children's play areas, tennis courts, basketball practice goal, outdoor gym |
| Events | Yearly summer event (check Friends of Pinner Village Gardens website) |
| Public Transport | Tube: Pinner (Metropolitan). Bus: H11, 183 |
| Research Updated | 5 July 2021 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
Built features in the park include a 1930s drinking fountain and a pond backed by low walls with a fountain, a lodge and WC in brick and tile (no longer in use) near the north entrance and brick piers and iron gates. The former sites of a number of small buildings are identifiable in the park. In October 2015 the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens was established to look after the park.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ124888 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 6.58 |
| Site Ownership | LB Harrow |
| Site Management | Environmental Services, Parks Services; Friends of Pinner Village Gardens |
| Dates | 1920s |
| 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 | Not known |
| 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
Yeading Walk is a linear park that follows part of the Yeading Brook between Rayners Lane in the east and Northumberland Road where the riverside has a formal strip of park with grass, exotic trees and shrubs, several bridges, seating and a linear metalled path. The Yeading Brook then extends south through the borough to Roxbourne Park and the boundary with Hillingdon at Streamside Reservation.
Harrow Garden Village was one of a number of residential estates developed in the 1920s and '30s along the Metropolitan Railway running north-west out of London that came to be known as Metro-land. Prior to this the area was rural, Rayners Lane once an old roadway through medieval fields. From the outset Harrow Garden Village was laid out with attention to landscaping and much of this remains in evidence. Rayner's Lane, originally lined with elm trees, still has a number of fine mature oak trees. There are communal gardens, grass verges and street trees, as well as a recreation ground with tennis courts.
Tookes Green is a small triangular green on sloping land at the junction of three roads, with a few trees and seats and bordered with setts, a boulder at each corner. In the centre is a granite drinking fountain on an octagonal stepped base, erected here by the inhabitants of Pinner in 1886 to commemorate William Arthur Tooke, JP who had lived at Pinner Hill House.