Northala Fields is a park located in Northolt, in the London Borough of Ealing.[1] It was opened in 2008 and consists of four artificial hills standing next to the A40 Western Avenue, as well as several fishing lakes, a large field area[2] a children's play area and adjacent café. The hills were constructed using rubble from the demolition of the original Wembley Stadium, which was closed in 2000 and demolished in 2003.[3] The park was created as part of the Northolt and Greenford Country Park project, and backs onto the older Rectory Park.
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The name "Northala" is how the old manor of Northall (Northolt) was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086.[4]
It is situated on what were previously the Royal Borough of Kensington Playing Fields after being leased to them in 1938.[a] The section of the Ealing Road that formed the eastern perimeter was then renamed Kensington Road.[5] The nearest station is Northolt which is 1.14 km away from the park.[6]
The hills were featured in an episode of the British TV show Taskmaster, series 2 episode 1. Contestants had to place three exercise balls on a yoga mat on top of one of the hills.
Gallery
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View from the highest hill in Northala Fields (towards Wembley)
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Ponds in the Northala Fields
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The playing area of the Northala Fields
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One of the hills
Notes
edita. ^ At that time, Kensington and Chelsea were separate boroughs. The name of the playing fields did not change when Kensington and Chelsea were amalagamated.
References
edit- ^ Public art online: "Major awards for Northala Fields – Europe's largest land art" Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Northala Fields". Ealing Council. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "The hills of the future". 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ The Environs of London: volume 3: County of Middlesex (1795), Northall (Northolt) pp. 306–319. Accessed 17 February 2010
- ^ A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971) "Northolt: Introduction", pp. 109–113. 17 February 2010
- ^ "Northala Fields Park". Retrieved 20 Jun 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Northala Fields at Wikimedia Commons
- Ealing Council: [1] Accessed 29 March 2015