Cheshunt Park

Cheshunt Park is a 40 hectare public park and Local Nature Reserve in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire.[1][lower-alpha 1][2] It is owned and managed by Broxbourne Borough Council.[3]

The history of the park goes back to Roman times. It is grass and woodland which has ancient hedgerows, wildflower meadows, a pond and an orchard which is cropped by traditional cattle breeds.[3][4] It has car parking, a playground, toilets and a café.[1]

There is access from Park Lane.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Natural England page of the site is wrongly headed "Chestnut Park", but it refers to the "Friends of Cheshunt Park" and the map is correctly labelled

References

  1. 1 2 "Chestnut Park (sic)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map of Cheshunt Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Cheshunt Park leaflet" (PDF). Borough of Broxbourne. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cheshunt Park". Hertfordshire Countryside Management Service. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  • Page, William, ed. (1912). "A History of the County of Hertford". Victoria County History. pp. 458–462.

Coordinates: 51°43′00″N 0°02′45″W / 51.7167°N 0.04575°W / 51.7167; -0.04575

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