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Myrtle Avenue, RUISLIP, HA4 8RZ

Warrender Park above Myrtle Avenue

A pleasant municipal park named after Eleanor Warrender who sold the land to the council in 1935.

A diagonal view over the park towards a school on the far side. A Hillingdon Borough information page says "Warrender Park was formerly part of the larger Highgrove Estate, which was inherited by the Warrender family in 1894. Miss Elanor Warrender sold just over 10 acres of the estate lying to the south to the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council in 1935 for use as a recreation area with a children’s playground, sand pit and tennis courts. It was named Eastcote Recreation Ground but later became known as Warrender Park."

There is a gate from the park into Highgrove Wood beyond the hedge glimpsed on the left.

The Metropolitan Railway completed their line to Uxbridge in 1904. Later, in 1910, the District Line made a connection to the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane enabling them to run trains to Uxbridge too. Finally in 1933 the Piccadilly Line replaced the District Line, so both Lines use the same track. Here an Uxbridge-bound Metropolitan Line train, glistening after a recent heavy rain shower, approaches Ruislip Manor station, with Unit No. 5138 leading. With the sun shining brightly the front of the train has an oddly orange colour, not the usual red, and despite all of London Underground's security a graffiti tagger has still managed to disfigure the livery. This view was taken from the footbridge taking the public footpath over the tracks between Elm and Linden Avenues. For a view in the opposite direction please see Image

To the north of Warrender Park is an area of woodland.