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The Priory Park welcome sign |
How to get to Priory Park
The closest underground stations to Priory Park are Turnpike Lane Tube Station, Wood Green Tube Station and Highgate Tube Station.
The closest mainline stations from Priory Park are Hornsey Railway Station and Haringey Railway Station
Priory Park can also be reached by bus.
Priory Park is close to places such as Wood Green, Crouch End and Muswell Hill.
The great outdoors |
Lots of space |
Some of the lovely trees in Priory Park |
One of the many benches to rest on in the park |
Priory Park |
Another lovely tree in the park |
If you are purchasing a property in the Priory Park area, please ensure that you have a building survey carried out on it. A building survey, prepared by a Chartered Building Surveyor could literally save you thousands of pounds. The survey only needs to uncover one potential problem with the property and the cost of the building survey is more than recovered.
We are an Independent Surveyors working in the Priory Park area. We are independent of any lender or bank or mortgage company. When we are surveying a property we are working for you, not them. This means we are working towards your best interests. We want to ensure that your property investment is sound and that you are receiving value for money.
Please do not hesitate to call us on 0800 298 5424.
Priory Park played host to the popular Antiques Roadshow in 2005.
Priory Park has Basketball Courts so you can enjoy this great American game on your visit to the park.
Why not visit the Fun Yum Café in Priory Park. The cafe is in a great location near to the paddling pool and serves healthy food for kids.
The Philosophers Garden in Priory Park is a dog free area.
Lots of great events are held in Priory Park such as the annual Crouch End 10k and children's fun run and also the annual Carters Steam Fair, a traditional British funfair for all the family to enjoy.
F: Friends of Priory ParkSet up in 1996 ‘Friends of Priory Park' members are mainly park users and local residents who give up their time to maintain and improve the park by clearing litter, weeding and planting and organising events making it a nicer place for you to enjoy. . |
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Litter free Priory Park |
Priory Park has won the Green Flag Award many years running for its good range of attractions and facilities.
Priory Park has its own Heritage Trail for you to enjoy. You will find boards at various points around the park with information about the history of the park. The heritage trail was opened in July 2006 by the TV presenter Michael Aspal.
If you are looking to move to the Priory Park area of London then we would strongly recommend that you have a building survey carried out by Independent Surveyors, such as ourselves at 1stAssociated.co.uk. Please contact us on 0800 298 5424 for a friendly chat.
Priory Park is a great place to take the kids especially in the warm weather as it has a lovely paddling pool for them to enjoy.
K: Kick About
With lots of open green space there is always room for a kick about with a ball in Priory Park.
Priory Park is a lovely place to enjoy a picnic on a warm sunny day.
The Metcalf Fountain is a Grade ll listed drinking fountain in Priory Park that was donated by Charles Thomas Metcalf and was once located in Crouch End Broadway.
Priory Park has some nicely maintained bedding displays.
Priory Park is open from 730am to dusk.
Priory Park has a pavilion which can be hired out for small events such as children's parties.
Philosophers Garden in Priory Park is a lovely corner of the park to go if you are looking for some peace and quiet. It was named after a club for retired men called ‘The Priory Park Philosophers' who used to engage in casual conversation in the nice weather at the bandstand in the park.
R: Roads close to Priory ParkBarrington Road, Ashford Avenue, Chestnut Avenue and Priory Road and some of the roads close to the park. |
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One of the roads close to the park |
S: St Pauls FountainOnce in the churchyard of St Pauls Cathedral the fountain was unveiled in Priory Park in 1909. The fountain in made of Lamorna granite and was once an active fountain but is today used as an impressive planter. The fountain was presented in celebration of the Mayoralty of Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite Esquire. |
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St Pauls Fountain in Priory Park |
Priory Park has six outdoor tennis courts so why not schedule in a game on your visit to the park.
The area Priory Park covers is an irregular shape.
Hornsey where Priory Park is located is today an urban London suburb but was once a quiet country village in Middlesex.
W: Walking in Priory ParkParks are great places to enjoy a walk with Priory Park being no exception. |
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Plenty of good pathways for some lovely walks |
Priory Park acts as a Christmas tree recycling centre.
The park is open every day throughout the year so you will never turn up and be disappointed.
With no admission fee Priory Park is a great place to go for a cost free day out for all to enjoy.
Priory Park covers 6.5 hectares and is located in Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey.
Priory Park attracts more than 25,000 people each year.
Priory Park is named after a 19th century mansion and estate which once covered this area.
Farmland was purchased by Hornsey Local Board in 1891 largely due to local politician Henry Reader Williams who recognized that people needed open space.
Priory Park was laid out in two phases. The east part of the park was completed in 1899 and in 1926 land to the west was purchased and more was added to the park.
We would like to also refer you to articles on our website we have written on other London Parks for you to enjoy;
The Metcalf Fountain
St Pauls Fountain
Alexandra Palace, Wood Green
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village
Jacksons Lane Theatre, London N6
London International Gallery of Children's Art, Darmouth Park Hill
Highgate Cemetery, London N6
Priory Park is close to Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park.
Fenton House, Hampstead
Willow Road, Hampstead
The Metcalf Fountain, Priory Park, Hornsey
Kenwood House, Tottenham
Bruce Castle Museum, London N17
Freud Museum, Camden
We would like to also refer you to articles on our website we have written on London Markets for you to enjoy;
We are Independent Building Surveyors that operate throughout the UK. As Building Surveyors we are often asked to work on not only a building survey but also a boundary walls dispute survey, a schedule of condition survey and a specific defect survey.
We also provide commercial building surveys in the Priory Park area, as well as a schedule of condition survey or a dilapidations report. Our building surveyors have the skills and experience to save you money on your commercial building purchase.
Contact 1stAssociated.co.uk for help and advice if you have property issues with your existing property or indeed if you require a valuation or building survey on a property you are purchasing in the Priory Park area on 0800 298 5424 .
Whilst most of this is written from local knowledge of the area, here are some websites that we think may interest you in the Priory Park area, some of which we have used for information and we would like to give them credit for this. We are only human so if there are any amendments or additions or updates we would be pleased to receive your feedback so we can keep our website up to date
haringey.gov.uk
fopp-n8.org.uk
haringeyindependent.co.uk
tennis.isport.com
harringayonline.com
londontown.com
If you truly do want an independent expert opinion from a surveyor with regard to valuations, mortgages, mortgage companies, surveys, building surveys, structural reports/engineers reports/specific defects report, structural surveys, home buyers reports or any other property matters please contact our Freephone number 0800 298 5424 for a surveyor to give you a call back.
If you have a commercial property, whether it is freehold or leasehold then sooner or later you may get involved with dilapidation claims. You may wish to look at our Dilapidations Website at www.DilapsHelp.com and for Disputes go to our Disputes Help site www.DisputesHelp.com .
We hope you found the article of use and if you have any experiences that you feel should be added to this article that would benefit others, or you feel that some of the information that we have put is wrong then please do not hesitate to contact us (we are only human).
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