Fryent Country Park
Fryent Country Park covers 103 hectares of traditional Middlesex countryside. The Park is surrounded by suburbia and bisected by Fryent Way. The Park lies about 15km north-west of central London. Barn Hill, the highest point, rises to 86m O.D. and is capped by Pebble Gravel, while Gotfords Hill (63m), Beane Hill (65m) and the remainder of the Park are on London Clay. A tributary of the Gaderbrook, seasonally flows through the northern edge of the Park. The Capital Ring footpath passes through the Country Park.
Designated nature reserve; also used by local conservation volunteer groups e.g. Friends of Fryent Park and Barn Hill Conservation Group, and recreation use. A small part is let on licence for grazing of ponies. There is no formal organised sport. Click on the following link for further information on the Barnhill Conservation Group:http://www.bhcg.ik.com/
Kingsbury Station (Jubilee Line)Walk west along Kingsbury Road and bare left along Fryent Way. Fryent Country Park is split by Fryent Way and can be accessed from a number of areas
PR2 (The Paddocks on Fryent Way)
Address
Fryent WayKingsburyLondon NW9
Access and parking
Facilities
Rough surfaced car park for approximately 50 vehicles, accessed from the western side of Fryent Way.Stables for horses on eastern side of park off Slough Lane.
Size
Approx 103 hectares
Other considerations
The Park is Metropolitan Open Land; and is a wildlife Site of Metropolitan Importance to London (under the system adopted by the Borough and by the Greater London Authority). It is also cited as Public Open Space in the Borough’s UDP.