Friends of Trent Country Park (The Friends) Is a a Is Friends) (The Park Country Trent of Friends The

(Juniors) Funded by Enfield Residents Priority Fund Priority Residents Enfield by Funded Barbecues and fires are NOT ALLOWED in the park the in ALLOWED NOT are fires and Barbecues

Children’s Play Area Play Children’s Barbecues

conservation areas are maintained. are areas conservation

Committee to ensure that the Green Belt and and Belt Green the that ensure to Committee

(Toddlers)

park

17 Co-operate with the Trent Park Conservation Conservation Park Trent the with Co-operate •

Children’s Play Area Play Children’s

in the general waste bins provided throughout the the throughout provided bins waste general the in adversely affect the environment in the park. the in environment the affect adversely

are reminded to pick up and dispose of dog foul foul dog of dispose and up pick to reminded are

Propose and facilitate projects which do not not do which projects facilitate and Propose •

and cafe and

the lead around the café surrounds. Dog owners owners Dog surrounds. café the around lead the

16 safety in Trent Park to meet the needs of users. of needs the meet to Park Trent in safety

Wildlife Rescue Centre Centre Rescue Wildlife

children’s play areas and they should be kept on on kept be should they and areas play children’s improve the appearance of and facilities and and facilities and of appearance the improve

Dogs are welcome in the park but not in the the in not but park the in welcome are Dogs Work in partnership with Enfield Council to to Council Enfield with partnership in Work •

Dogs

and future generations. future and 15

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Ensure the enjoyment of Trent Park by present present by Park Trent of enjoyment the Ensure •

Regulations Cockfosters.

Objectives of the Friends are to: are Friends the of Objectives 121, 307, 377, to Oakwood and 298, 299, 384 to to 384 299, 298, and Oakwood to 377, 307, 121,

Local Buses: Local required. (Available from the Post Office) Post the from (Available required. Church Wood Church

season and an Environment Agency Rod Licence is is Licence Rod Agency Environment an and season park and on the Friends website. Friends the on and park

entrance.

Fishing is available on the lakes during the open open the during lakes the on available is Fishing

times being posted on the notice boards within the the within boards notice the on posted being times

the cemetery entrance) through a tall gated/walled gated/walled tall a through entrance) cemetery the

Fishing Oak Wood Oak meetings are open to the public, the dates and and dates the public, the to open are meetings

shops. The Park entrance will be on the right (after (after right the on be will entrance Park The shops.

information on matters relating to Trent Park. These These Park. Trent to relating matters on information

up Cockfosters Road (A111) heading away from the the from away heading (A111) Road Cockfosters up

provide disabled and baby changing facilities. changing baby and disabled provide

meetings a year are held to report and receive receive and report to held are year a meetings

A 10 minute walk from the station. At road level, go go level, road At station. the from walk minute 10 A

12 The toilets are located close to the main café and and café main the to close located are toilets The Moat Wood Moat

The committee meets as necessary. Four open open Four necessary. as meets committee The

Cockfosters Station: Cockfosters

Toilets projects to enhance the facilities within the park. park. the within facilities the enhance to projects

here into Trent Park. Trent into here The committee initiates and seeks funding for for funding seeks and initiates committee The

sections in part. It is about a 15 minute walk from from walk minute 15 a about is It part. in sections café at the Wildlife Center, which is open most days. most open is which Center, Wildlife the at café 11 Ride Wood Ride elected at the AGM to represent the membership. membership. the represent to AGM the at elected

Walk towards Snakes Lane which has rather steep steep rather has which Lane Snakes towards Walk entrance. The café is open daily. There is also a smaller smaller a also is There daily. open is café The entrance. in Trent Country Park (Trent Park). A committee is is committee A Park). (Trent Park Country Trent in

Exit the station, cross the main road and turn right. right. turn and road main the cross station, the Exit the end of the driveway from the Cockfosters Road Road Cockfosters the from driveway the of end the Membership is open to anyone with an interest interest an with anyone to open is Membership

Oakwood Station: Oakwood There is a café near to the main car parking area at at area parking car main the to near café a is There volunteer group formed in 2005. in formed group volunteer Williams Wood Williams 10

Café Café Line: Piccadilly the on Tube By The Friends of Trent Country Park (the Friends) is a a is Friends) (the Park Country Trent of Friends The

Friends of Trent Country Park: Country Trent of Friends Facilities within Trent Country Park Country Trent within Facilities Park Country Trent to get to How Key to areas of the park the of areas to Key

a small amount of parking via Snakes Lane. Snakes via parking of amount small a

‘Pineapple’ woodland parking is available via Hadley Road and and Road Hadley via available is parking woodland

parking and an overflow Car Park to the left. Further Further left. the to Park Car overflow an and parking Crewe Crewe Obelisk Pyramid

for people with disabilities. There is also woodland woodland also is There disabilities. with people for

The Emma Emma The Sassoon’s Sassoon’s

The Duke’s Duke’s The Welcome to one on the right has designated parking spaces spaces parking designated has right the on one

the park from Cockfosters Road entrance. The The entrance. Road Cockfosters from park the 6 5 7

There are two main Car Parks as you come into into come you as Parks Car main two are There Trent Country Park

Car Parks Car

Lane.

Hadley Road and a further entrance off Snakes Snakes off entrance further a and Road Hadley

being in Cockfosters Road, another situated in in situated another Road, Cockfosters in being

24. There are three vehicle entrances, the main main the entrances, vehicle three are There 24.

Trent Park is within easy reach of the M25 Junction Junction M25 the of reach easy within is Park Trent

By Car By

How to get to Trent Country Park Country Trent to get to How

year

Sunday. Closing times vary according to time of of time to according vary times Closing Sunday.

8:00am Monday to Saturday and 8:30 am on on am 8:30 and Saturday to Monday 8:00am

Trent Park is open every day of the year from from year the of day every open is Park Trent

Opening Hours Opening

in 1934. in A guide to the Park

Park in Bedfordshire and had re-erected in Trent Park Park Trent in re-erected had and Bedfordshire in Park www.friendsoftrentcountrypark.org.uk

London EN4 0PS EN4 London which Sir Phillip Sassoon purchased from Wrest Wrest from purchased Sassoon Phillip Sir which

Within Trent Park there are three stone memorials memorials stone three are there Park Trent Within Trent Country Park, Cockfosters Road, Barnet, Barnet, Road, Cockfosters Park, Country Trent Friends of Trent Country Park

Location The Memorials The Welcome to Trent Country Park 1 Yellow Walking Route Trent Park extends over 167 ha (413 acres), made up of extensive areas of (2.4 miles) woodland, grassland, scrub and bodies of This route will take you to the north water. west area of the park. You pass by Situated within the Park is the historic the underground reservoir to the Trent Park Mansion. wooded area, follow the path by the We hope you enjoy your visit and take side of Cockfosters Road, turn right time to walk around the parkland and along the borders of open farmland discover the park’s wealth of nature and before coming to woodland passing wildlife. by Sassoon’s Obelisk, then Camlet Moat further along. From here, the route takes you down the main path to continue through the woods to the open fields then along the side of 9 Limes Avenue farmland, pass a meadow then through the woods to the Main Car Park. This avenue of Limes was planted by the Bevan family in the 1840s.

2 Red Walking Route 8 Water Garden (2.3 miles) This route takes you to the east of The Water Garden was originally the park following the Blind Trail then laid out by Sir Phillip Sassoon in the late beyond the Go Ape area along to the 1920s. It was reached from the formal back of the Hockey Club then across gardens via two bridges across the the open field to the wooded Nature lower end of the lake. It was a spring Trail and to the lower lakes, turning garden, planted in a stream valley right to the Water Garden. You return under a canopy of Oak and Ash. The following the same route to the east valley sides were planted with Azalea, side of the Nature Trail and then along Camellia, Cherry and flowering Crab Limes Avenue to re-join the Main Car Apple. The margins of the pools were Park carpeted with species of lily, primroses and several ornamental grasses. The Garden was partially restored during the early 1980s having been abandoned for forty years. The Council recently replaced 3 bridges through Capital Funding and Heritage Lottery Funding along with clearance of the 6 5 4 3 ponds and replanting to bring the The Duke’s Pyramid The Emma Crewe Camlet Moat Nature Trail Garden back to its former glory. The memorial commemorates ‘Pineapple’ Camlet Moat, on the northern This trail takes you through woodland of Ash, Beech, Oak, Rowan, Henry Grey, a non-royal Duke of This memorial commemorates Jemima boundary of the park, is the largest Silver Birch and Sweet Chestnut etc. Kent who died on 5th June 1740. An Crewe, daughter of Thomas Crewe moat site in Enfield and is protected In early spring this area is carpeted inscription reads ’To the memory of (2nd Baron Crewe), who was the wife of under the Ancient Monuments & with Daffodils and Narcissi followed Henry, Duke of Kent’. Henry Grey. Jemima died on 2nd July Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The by swathes of Bluebells. During the 7 Sassoon’s Obelisk 1728. An inscription on the memorial earliest documented reference to this summer months, a number of species reads ‘To the memory of Emma Crewe, site comes from the 14th century. This is the most notable of the of butterflies can be found in the areas Duchess (sic) of Kent’. There is also a documented fact that three memorials standing at 20 metres in May 1439 instructions were given of open woodland. Butterflies such as (65 feet) high. to demolish the ‘Manor of Camelot’ Comma, Red Admiral, Tortoise Shell, An inscription reads ‘To the memory of suggesting there was a building on the Peacock and many others can be the birth of George Grey, Earl of Harold, site. found. Bird song can sometimes be son of Henry and Sophia, Duke and heard in the area. Dutchess (sic) of Kent, 1702’.