Site details:
| Big Wood, Hampstead Garden Suburb |
Barnet |
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Big Wood, Path through the woods, October 2000. Photo S Williams
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Big Wood has existed as woodland for over 1000 years, probably part of land given to the Bishop of London in c704AD. When Hampstead Garden Suburb was being planned in 1907, its instigator, Dame Henrietta Barnett, was committed to providing green spaces within the housing, planting trees and preserving those that existed. When additional land was acquired to extend the Suburb in 1911, Big Wood was leased from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and preserved as woodland. In 1933 Finchley UDC took on the freehold. Now designated a Nature Reserve, there are a great variety of trees here including Wild Service Trees, associated with ancient woodland. |
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| Previous / Other name: |
Big Wood Nature Reserve |
| Site location: |
Temple Fortune Hill/Denman Drive South/Oakwood Road/Northway |
| Postcode: |
NW11 6GZ |
| Type of site: |
Public Open Land |
| Date(s): |
ancient woodland; 1911 on |
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| Borough: |
Barnet |
| Site ownership: |
LB Barnet |
| Site management: |
Leisure and Youth Services, Green Spaces Division. Big Wood and Little Wood Management Group/Friends of Big Wood and Little Wood |
| Open to public? |
Yes |
| Opening times: |
unrestricted |
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| Public transport: |
Tube: Golders Green (Northern) then bus. Bus: 102, 82, 260, H2. |
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The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/05/2009
Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.barnet.gov.uk
