Stanmore Country Park is situated opposite Stanmore tube station at the northern end of the Jubilee Line. The post code is HA7 4NL. It is a Local Nature Reserve of 35 hectares consisting mainly of young oak trees with a few open spaces and criss-crossing paths. The mature trees seen mark the edges of fields that cattle grazed in about fifty years ago. Since then nature has taken over.
The management consists of working to retain the open grassy areas and to try and expand them. In the winter months groups of volunteers from the British Trust of Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) are booked to carry out this work together with the weekly visits of the volunteer warden. This is done to enhance the biodiversity of this site. Surveys of some of the taxa are being undertaken; mainly butterflies and moths, mammals, ground beetles and fungi. We would welcome any help in any of these activities.
This map (modified from a Google Maps original) shows the area around Stanmore Country Park. The red circles indicate the main entrances to the site.
Entrance number 1 is located opposite number 51 Dennis Lane.
Entrance 2 is the meeting point for all events and working parties. It is situated at the end of a side road immediately north of the southernmost width restriction on Dennis Lane. At the entrance to the side road is the prominent sign "Burlington Park House, Private Road" with a warning about clamping. The green gate at the end leads into the Park. The gate is open to allow car parking on the Country Park site during all walks and working parties but is shut at other times, when cars should be parked in the Stanmore Recreation Ground car park on the western side of Dennis Lane.
Entrance number 3 is at the northern end of Kerry Avenue, an easy walk due north from Stanmore Jubilee line station. This is a private road and parking is not permitted.
A pleasant and largely road-free route leads from Stanmore Jubilee Line station through Stanmore Country Park to Stanmore Common – click here for details.
