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Andover Close, GREENFORD, UB6 9QW

The B455 to the west of Greenford Broadway.

Ravenor Park is a small park in Greenford, in the outer suburbs of west London. This image was taken on a dull day in early Spring 2023. Most of the trees were still bare from the winter season.

Ravenor Park was formerly agricultural land forming part of Ravenor Farm and Costons Farm. Both farms were named after local families. In the 20th century, Greenford gradually transformed from a rural village to a large suburb, including a number of factories. A wave of speculative building followed in the 1920s and 1930s. To preserve some open space, in 1927 Greenford Urban District Council (now Ealing Council) bought a parcel of farmland and turned part of it into a council depot and the rest into a public park. The park opened in October 1928 and was originally known as Costons Farm Recreation Ground, but later changed its name to Ravenor Park. The old farmhouse for Ravenor Farm remained on site until the early 1970s when it became too costly to maintain and was demolished. For more information about the park, including an expanded history, see https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/663/greenford_parks/3

Ravenor Park was formerly agricultural land forming part of Ravenor Farm and Costons Farm. Both farms were named after local families. In the 20th century, Greenford gradually transformed from a rural village to a large suburb, including a number of factories. A wave of speculative building followed in the 1920s and 1930s. To preserve some open space, in 1927 Greenford Urban District Council (now Ealing Council) bought a parcel of farmland and turned part of it into a council depot and the rest into a public park. The park opened in October 1928 and was originally known as Costons Farm Recreation Ground, but later changed its name to Ravenor Park. The old farmhouse for Ravenor Farm remained on site until the early 1970s when it became too costly to maintain and was demolished. For more information about the park, including an expanded history, see https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/663/greenford_parks/3 The path leading into the park from Ruislip Road to the south passes through this impressive line of trees.

This is the fourth of Ealing Borough's parks that I have been through on today's walk, and all of them have had recent investment in sports and exercise equipment.

A quiet residential street, with houses built in the early 1930s.

The path crosses north-south, connecting Ravenor Park Road with Ruislip Road. The park takes its name from one of the local land owning families of the past.

Ravenor Park was formerly agricultural land forming part of Ravenor Farm and Costons Farm. Both farms were named after local families. In the 20th century, Greenford gradually transformed from a rural village to a large suburb, including a number of factories. A wave of speculative building followed in the 1920s and 1930s. To preserve some open space, in 1927 Greenford Urban District Council (now Ealing Council) bought a parcel of farmland and turned part of it into a council depot and the rest into a public park. The park opened in October 1928 and was originally known as Costons Farm Recreation Ground, but later changed its name to Ravenor Park. The old farmhouse for Ravenor Farm remained on site until the early 1970s when it became too costly to maintain and was demolished. For more information about the park, including an expanded history, see https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/663/greenford_parks/3

Ravenor Park was formerly agricultural land forming part of Ravenor Farm and Costons Farm. Both farms were named after local families. In the 20th century, Greenford gradually transformed from a rural village to a large suburb, including a number of factories. A wave of speculative building followed in the 1920s and 1930s. To preserve some open space, in 1927 Greenford Urban District Council (now Ealing Council) bought a parcel of farmland and turned part of it into a council depot and the rest into a public park. The park opened in October 1928 and was originally known as Costons Farm Recreation Ground, but later changed its name to Ravenor Park. The old farmhouse for Ravenor Farm remained on site until the early 1970s when it became too costly to maintain and was demolished. For more information about the park, including an expanded history, see https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/663/greenford_parks/3