Description
Roxbourne Park was created in 1936 and 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 run by the Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers.
Practical Information
| Site location | Cannon Lane/High Worple, Rayners Lane |
|---|---|
| Postcode | HA2/HA5 |
| What3Words | ///duke.onion.turned |
| Type of Site | Public Park |
| Borough | Harrow |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | unrestricted |
| Facilities | Children's play area, football pitches, cricket square, basketball practice goal, model steam railway (Suns, April-Oct), car park |
| Public Transport | Tube: Rayners Lane, Eastcote (Piccadilly, Metropolitan). Bus: 282, 398, H12 |
| Research Updated | 1 January 2012 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
Housing development in the area had begun in the 1880s. Roxbourne Park was created in 1936 on an old landfill site. In the south of the park, actually in the London Borough of Hillingdon, a miniature railway was built over part of the old dump and continues to be run by the Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers on Sunday afternoons from April to October. Harrow Parks Department Tree Nursery used to be located in the park, the site now built over by housing and a school. The park is predominantly playing fields, with a perimeter tarmac path, and some planting of trees and shrubs, but no formal areas. The Yeading Brook runs along the eastern boundary of the park, which has a wooded walk along the stream. The main area of the park is separated from this walk by trees and scrub, the riverbank fairly wild and overgrown, with willow and other trees and waterside plants. Now named Roxbourne Rough Nature Reserve, this area is managed by a Voluntary Warden and workdays are organised on a regular basis.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ120872 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 26.07 |
| Site Ownership | LB Harrow |
| Site Management | Environmental Services, Parks Services |
| Dates | 1936 |
| 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 | Yes - (part) Borough Imp I (Yeading Brook) |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
| Other LA Designation | part of Green Chain |
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Nearby parks and gardens
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.
Cavendish Pavilion was built in 1914 for Debenhams store as a staff recreation centre in what was then open countryside. It is now Cavendish Recreation Ground with formal rose gardens to the south of the building. An area of hillocky, semi-natural ground separates the recreation ground from the adjacent Bessingby Park and Pine Gardens, which were laid out in the mid-C20th.
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.