Much of the park was originally part of Colby's Farm, where Charles Dickens wrote part of Martin Chuzzlewit. In 1887 Henry Stephens proposed converting the area to a park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, but it was not opened until 1902, a year after Queen Victoria's death.[1] It was the only public park in the former Borough of Finchley until 1914.[2]
The park is mainly grassland, with playgrounds, fine trees and ornamental gardens, playing fields, six public tennis courts, Finchley Victoria Bowling and Croquet Club with two lawns and a clubhouse, and a café open seven days a week.
There are entrances on Ballards Lane, Long Lane, Etchingham Park Road and Park View Road.[3]
Awardsedit
Victoria Park achieved a Green Flag Award for 2009-2010. The Green Flag Award Scheme is run by The Civic Trust and is intended to be the benchmark against which the quality of public parks and green spaces can be measured. It also recognises the diversity and value of green space to the local community.
victoria, park, barnet, confused, with, victoria, recreation, ground, barnet, victoria, park, tower, hamlets, victoria, park, church, finchley, london, borough, barnet, covers, seven, hectares, acres, east, side, ballards, lane, fairly, close, finchley, centra. Not to be confused with Victoria Recreation Ground Barnet or Victoria Park Tower Hamlets Victoria Park is in Church End in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet It covers seven hectares 17 acres It is on the east side of Ballards Lane and fairly close to Finchley Central and West Finchley tube stations Ballards Lane entrance to the park 2009 Contents 1 History 2 Awards 2 1 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksHistory editMuch of the park was originally part of Colby s Farm where Charles Dickens wrote part of Martin Chuzzlewit In 1887 Henry Stephens proposed converting the area to a park to commemorate Queen Victoria s Golden Jubilee but it was not opened until 1902 a year after Queen Victoria s death 1 It was the only public park in the former Borough of Finchley until 1914 2 The park is mainly grassland with playgrounds fine trees and ornamental gardens playing fields six public tennis courts Finchley Victoria Bowling and Croquet Club with two lawns and a clubhouse and a cafe open seven days a week There are entrances on Ballards Lane Long Lane Etchingham Park Road and Park View Road 3 Awards editVictoria Park achieved a Green Flag Award for 2009 2010 The Green Flag Award Scheme is run by The Civic Trust and is intended to be the benchmark against which the quality of public parks and green spaces can be measured It also recognises the diversity and value of green space to the local community Gallery edit nbsp Playground in snow nbsp The park in snowReferences edit Park noticeboard see Gallery London Gardens Online Victoria Park Barnet Online Victoria ParkExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victoria Park Victoria Park described on the London Borough of Barnet website London Gardens Online Victoria Park 51 36 12 N 0 11 02 W 51 6033 N 0 1838 W 51 6033 0 1838 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Victoria Park Barnet amp oldid 1116957466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
