Gladstone Park to Mapesbury
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Route 2 - Gladstone Park, Mapesbury Dell and surrounds Route Highlights Just off route up Brook Road, you will see the Paddock War Brent Walks Stroll through Gladstone Park and enjoy the views over Room Bunker, codeword for the A series of healthy walks for all the family to enjoy the city of London and the walled gardens. This route alternative Cabinet War Room also includes historic sites including the remains of Dollis Bunker. An underground 1940’s Hill House, a WWII underground bunker and Old Oxgate bunker used during WWII by Farm. The route finishes by walking through Mapesbury Winston Churchill and the Conservation area to the award-winning Mapesbury Dell. Cabinet, it remains in its original Route 2 - Gladstone Park, state next to 107 Brook Road. You can take a full tour of 1 Start at Dollis Hill Tube Station and 2 take the Burnley the underground bunker twice a year. Purpose-built from Mapesbury Dell and surrounds Road exit. Go straight up 3 Hamilton Road. At the end reinforced concrete, this bomb-proof subterranean war of Hamilton Road turn left onto 4 Kendal Road and then citadel 40ft below ground has a map room, cabinet room right onto 5 Gladstone Park. Walk up to the north end and offices and is housed within a sub-basement protected of the park when you are nearing the edge 6 turn right. by a 5ft thick concrete roof. In the north east corner of the park you will see the Holocaust Memorial and the footprint of Dollis Hill House. Old Oxgate Farm is a Grade II Exit the park at 7 and walk up Dollis Hill Lane, and turn listed building thought to be left onto Coles Green Road 8. Continue up until you reach the oldest surviving house in Old Oxgate Farm 9 and then retrace your steps back to the borough. Sitting relatively the park. Enter the park where you left it 10 and follow unnoticed in between flats, the footpath down the eastern side of the park to the shops and houses it has been outdoor gym area 11. Exit the park and follow Melrose standing since the 1400’s and Avenue 12, cross over the junction where Walm Lane forms part of the old Manor turns onto Chichele Road and continue on Walm Lane 13. of Oxgate land which spanned over 1000 acres. All that is Turn left onto Keyes Road 14 and right into Hoveden Road left today is the farmhouse which has suffered structural where you’ll find the entrance to Mapesbury Dell between damage and is in need of investment. two houses 15. Walk back onto Walm Lane which curves around at St Gabriels Church, and onto Willesden Tube Mapesbury Dell: is an station where this walk ends 16. award-winning park, hidden away in the heart of Mapesbury. Places of Interest/Heritage The entrance is between two Gladstone Park: evolved houses on Hoveden Road. from the Dollis Hill Estate There’s a play area, picnic tables and became a public park at and bird feeders, buzz towers for the turn of the 20th Century. bees and a pond full of wildlife. Initially called Dollis Hill Park, this was later changed and St. Gabriel’s Church, Cricklewood: the original church named after the former Prime opened in 1891. Minister, Sir William Gladstone. The Park was opened in May 1901 and many of its features Facilities: This route has full facilities in both parks, and date from that time, including the fine tree lined avenues. many refreshment options at the end of the route at Willesden Green Tube. On the northern boarder of the park, you’ll find the Holocaust Memorial dedicated Distance to Prisoners-of-War and 3.9 miles - 6.4 km - 9,110 Steps Concentration Camp victims. Next to this, you will see the Time footprint of Dollis Hill House. Fast - 1hr, Medium - 1hr 20mins, Slow - 2hrs 10min This was an early 19th century Calories farmhouse destroyed by fire in the 1990s. The house was Fast - 420, Medium - 380, Slow - 360 opened to the public in 1909, was used as a hospital during the First World War and in the Second World War housed Difficulty some of Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet meetings in 1941. Route is accessible to all, although the path to the The footprint of the house has been retained due to its Old Oxgate Farm does involve a steep hill. previous Grade II listed building status. Start / end station Take your time to soak up the view, visit the walled Dollis Hill to Willesden Green garden and duck ponds and see what else you can find. 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