Winchmore Hill Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
This article is about Winchmore Hill, London. For other places of the same name see Winchmore Hill (disambiguation).
Winchmore Hill is a district in the London Borough of Enfield in London, England bounded on the east by Green Lanes and on the west by Grovelands Park. It is the London postal district N21.
Grovelands Park originated as a private estate. The house was built in 1797 to the designs of John Nash for Walker Gray, a Quaker brewer. The grounds were landscaped by Humphry Repton. After Gray's death the property was acquired by John Donnithorne Taylor (connected to the Taylor Walker Brewery), whose family continued to live at Grovelands up to World War I. Part of the estate was purchased by Southgate Council in 1913 to become a public park.
Perhaps the heart of the district is the Green, a village green surrounded by shops and restaurants. Amongst the latter the Salisbury Arms and King's Head pubs both provide meals, whilst Regatta is an Italian restaurant with the Winchmore Tandoori an award winning Indian restaurant. The oldest pub in the district is probably the Green Dragon on Green Lanes. It is reputed to have started in 1726 and was the haunt of highwaymen, it was extensively remodelled in 1935.
The Winchmore Hill district benefits from having a relatively large amount of open space because much of the land area was owned by a few large wealthy families (several active in the brewing industry) who sought to protect the area against the encroachment of urban sprawl up to and including the arrival of commuter rail lines early in the 20th century.
WAGN provide services on the railway line which runs from Winchmore Hill, and this line connects further south to the Underground system at Finsbury Park, Highbury & Islington, Old Street and Moorgate. After 20:30 trains run directly to King's Cross from Finsbury Park, rather than stations to Moorgate. The nearest Underground station is at Southgate which is on the Piccadilly Line.
Nearest places:
- Enfield Chase
- Southgate
- Cockfosters
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