Blondin Park
Blondin Parkis an 8.5-hectare (21-acre) public park inNorthfieldsin theLondon Borough of Ealing.It has allotments area and sports pitches.[1]It is owned by Ealing Council and managed by the Council together with the Friends of Blondin Park. An area of 2.3 ha (5.7 acres) in the south-west corner is aLocal Nature Reserve,[2][3]and the nature area and allotments are aSite of Local Importance for Nature Conservation.[4][5]
History
[edit]The site was acquired by theMunicipal Borough of Ealingin 1928 and opened as a public park called Northfields Recreation Ground. In 1957 it was renamed Blondin Park afterCharles Blondin,who lived locally in Niagara House. The Blondin Nature Area was created in 1997.[6]
Ecology
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The nature reserve has a variety of habitats, including a wildflower meadow and a pond, where wetland plants have been introduced such aslesser pond-sedge,sharp-flowered rushandgreater spearwort.[5][6]
Access
[edit]There is access from Boston Manor Road.
References
[edit]- ^"Blondin Park".Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 18 May 2014.Retrieved17 May2014.
- ^"Blondin Park, Northfields".Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 1 March 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 17 May 2014.Retrieved17 May2014.
- ^"Map of Blondin Park, Northfields".Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.Retrieved17 May2014.
- ^"iGiGL data portal (map)".Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived fromthe originalon 14 January 2014.Retrieved17 May2014.
- ^ab"Blondin Park Nature Area".Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 18 May 2014.Retrieved17 May2014.
- ^ab"Blondin Park and Blondin Nature Area".London Parks and Gardens Trust.Retrieved17 May2014.