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Thornhill Road, UXBRIDGE, UB10 8SQ

The Celandine Route generally follows the course of the River Pinn between Pinner and Cowley though not always as closely as this. Here the route passes through a park between two roads with the river running alongside.

Part of a 12 mile walk from Pinner to Cowley. https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Celandine+Route

The estate here between Swakeleys Road and Swakeleys Park is rather lacking in greenery, but Swakeleys Park is close by. This green strip between two parts of Campden Road was about all I could find.

The estate here between Swakeleys Road and Swakeleys Park is rather lacking in greenery, but Swakeleys Park is close by. This green strip between two parts of Campden Road was about all I could find.

Swakeleys was built between 1629 and 1638 and has been little changed since the 17th century. It is one of the finest Jacobean houses in London. A full history of the house can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swakeleys_House Swakeleys Park is a part of the former Swakeleys Estate which covered 429 acres. This covered a substantial part of Ickenham which until the 20th century was totally rural with just a few hundred residents. Swakeleys House dominated the landscape and is still visible across the lake. The park itself was privately owned until the 1920s when it was conveyed to the Council to be preserved as public open space.

A short street off Woodstock Drive.

Swakeleys was built between 1629 and 1638 and has been little changed since the 17th century. It is one of the finest Jacobean houses in London. A full history of the house can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swakeleys_House Swakeleys Park is a part of the former Swakeleys Estate which covered 429 acres. This covered a substantial part of Ickenham which until the 20th century was totally rural with just a few hundred residents. Swakeleys House dominated the landscape and is still visible across the lake. The park itself was privately owned until the 1920s when it was conveyed to the Council to be preserved as public open space. This view is near the southern entrance to the park as seen from Swakeleys Drive.

This is a very wintry scene. The woodland beyond is known as 'The Clump' and the River Pinn flows through it on the way out of the lake in Swakeleys Park. The River Pinn is a tributary of the Frays River which it joins at Yiewsley after passing through Ickenham and Uxbridge.

The foot route is part of the Celandine Walk, which follows the River Pinn more or less closely from Pinner to the Grand Union canal at Cowley. It is usually a good deal more secluded than this part.