The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, an Inner London borough, has 231 hectares of parks and open spaces that are accessible to the general public, 159 hectares being within parks and 52.5 hectares within cemeteries and churchyards.[1] Wormwood Scrubs and Scrubs Wood, located in the north of the Borough account for 42 hectares [2] and Fulham Palace and Bishop's Park grounds contain another 14 hectares of open space.[3] Private open space includes Hurlingham, Fulham and Queen's Club in West Kensington.
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The main areas of open space in the Borough are:
- All Saints Churchyard, Fulham
- Bishops Park, Fulham
- Brompton Park in Seagrave Road, Fulham
- Brook Green
- Eel Brook Common
- Frank Banfield Park (formerly Chancellor's Park)
- Fulham Cemetery also known as Fulham Palace Road cemetery
- Furnival Gardens
- Hammersmith Park
- Hurlingham Park
- Lillie Rec
- Little Wormwood Scrubs
- Marcus Garvey Park
- Margravine Cemetery previously known as Hammersmith Cemetery
- Norland North open space, Shepherd's Bush
- Normand Park in Lillie Road
- Parsons Green
- Pineapple Park in Sands End
- Ravenscourt Park
- St Mary's RC Cemetery, College Park
- St Paul's Gardens
- St Paul's Green, Hammersmith
- St Peter's Square, Hammersmith
- St Thomas of Canterbury churchyard, Rylston Road, Fulham
- Shepherd's Bush Green (also known as Shepherd's Bush Common)
- South Park, Fulham
- Thames walkway between Craven Cottage and Hammersmith Bridge
- Wendell Park
- Wormholt Park
- Wormwood Scrubs, the borough's only Local Nature Reserve
and two Thames riverside developments, under creation at:
- Imperial Wharf, Fulham
- Hammersmith Embankment
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References
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- ^ "Parks and Gardens UK". Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2009.