Blondin Park is an 8.5-hectare (21-acre) public park in Northfields in the London Borough of Ealing. It has allotments area and sports pitches.[1] It is owned by Ealing Council and managed by the Council together with the Friends of Blondin Park. An area of 2.3 ha (5.7 acres) in the south-west corner is a Local Nature Reserve,[2][3] and the nature area and allotments are a Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation.[4][5]
History
editThe site was acquired by the Municipal Borough of Ealing in 1928 and opened as a public park called Northfields Recreation Ground. In 1957 it was renamed Blondin Park after Charles Blondin, who lived locally in Niagara House. The Blondin Nature Area was created in 1997.[6]
Ecology
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The nature reserve has a variety of habitats, including a wildflower meadow and a pond, where wetland plants have been introduced such as lesser pond-sedge, sharp-flowered rush and greater spearwort.[5][6]
Access
editThere is access from Boston Manor Road.
References
edit- ^ "Blondin Park". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Blondin Park, Northfields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Map of Blondin Park, Northfields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Blondin Park Nature Area". Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Blondin Park and Blondin Nature Area". London Parks and Gardens Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2014.