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Queen’s Wood , formerly Noel Estate , Tower Gardens Cemetery known as Churchyard historic 19th Century Estate , council was opened in 1857 with Bottom Wood, was affordable built 100 years various later extensions. It purchased by development, now a ago as a ‘garden is a conservation area with Urban District Council conservation area. suburb’ – now a listed features such as the d WH a ITE H conservation area. o ART L two chapels. in 1898. It is an North Area R ANE

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R R a n L WOOD k L d D e c a DOWNHILLS PARK H d oa Open n e L G R O P a b I R A h m w O L k c H Hol e R e ir r a h com i W K l h s b V Spaces is the name 4 PRIORY B u HORNSEY li e R k R d h n d r d w a 2 O i C e P A t a D PARK M t D given to a group of 1 o T Che CROUCH END snu Scal sports fields and areas E 3 t R es DOWN y L Police Station d Ta Roa a A OPEN SPACES ma d W QUEEN’ S WOOD V FURTHER READING r W d d ay LANE a a of open space on the D o e k O R o A.Pinching and D.Dell, Haringey’s Hidden y rm ro O PARK le e B Highgate/Crouch End W h t Streams Revealed , Hornsey Historical s a es s W A W m ueen ood R m border. Friends of Q oad Society, 2005 WAY y ONUMENT P D M P.Talling, ’s Lost Rivers , Random House A Markfield Park was the site of a Crouch End Open HIGHGATE O R Books, 2011 H Victorian sewage works. The Spaces are active in IG conservation work and H recreation ground opened in 1938. The individual Friends of websites have TOTTENHAM E Recent improvements include a new preventing inappropriate N HALE information about the histories of their parks A TOTTEHNAM THE PADDOCK ’s Hill L Shepherd development on the site D a café, an improved sports pavillion, and current activities (see photo captions). A RETAIL FE e S R L t O RY r a R LA e n v heritage building works to Markfield B PARK NE i h R o p Information on Haringey’s parks can also be WES e T Museum and general landscape GR R EEN o found on Haringey Council website: ROA a D improvements. The park was awarded C d E lar ill www.haringey.gov.uk BROAD LAN d em H SEVEN SISTERS a on d Lordship Recreation Ground, opened in 1936, o a Green Flag in 2010. Friends of t R n R oa E SEVEN SISTERS d d ch l u e o underwent major redevelopment in 2012 including i Markfield Park: www.markfieldpark.org.uk Cr f This brochure was produced by members of AD k RO r S a restoration of the , other major ISTER iver Lea Haringey Friends of Parks Forum, an organisation S M R SEVEN protecting and promoting green space in Haringey. relandscaping work, a new environmental centre Markfield Beam Engine , part of the Priory Park was opened in 1896. There are www.haringeyfriendsofparks.org.uk with cafe and toilets and the restoration of the Shell 13 Victorian sewage works, has been two listed fountains. It has been awarded a Supported by the Haringey Federation of Residents Theatre and nationally unique model traffic area. A restored by volunteers and is operated Green Flag since 2003. Friends of Priory Park: visit to these facilities is recommended! MARKFIELD Associations. www.haringeyresi dents.org 14 under steam power on designated ea www.fopp-n8.org.uk Friends of Lordship Rec: www.lordshiprec.org.uk PARK er L days. www.mbeam.org Riv MOSELL a row of trees. You can’t walk this way so retrace your steps, walk along Hornsey High Street with Your best route from here is to continue straight across Lordship Lane and walk up the E its shops and cafés and take the second turning on the left, Campsbourne Road. At the T-junction Bennington Road. Turn right onto the Roundway and continue along All Hallows Road. At the low Haringey’s R Fol R IV K turn right onto Pembroke Road. This road is on the site of an ornamental lake constructed on the T-junction turn left onto Church Lane and then left again through All Hallows churchyard. You iv ER AL course of the river in the grounds of a large house called Campsbourne Lodge. soon come to a fenced footpath through the middle of Tottenham Cemetery. 9 er W The River Moselle is Haringey’s river. It Turn left into Myddelton Road and right into Miles Road and you come to Moselle Close . At the Go through the first unlocked gate on your left and walk parallel to the fenced path you have end of this cul-de-sac there is a passage which brings you out onto a footpath called Cross Lane just left, keeping it on your right. This brings you to a bridge across the river from which you can flows from the Northern Heights in the and the Estate. You can tell you are on the course of the river as the ground slopes up see a second bridge to your right. Cross the bridge and then turn left along the north bank of the west to the in the east. The both to left and right. river. You soon come to the confluence where the Lesser Moselle Moselle is responsible for such sayings The Moselle runs beneath the New River Estate and is culverted under the New River 5 (an meets the Moselle. Continue walking on the grass along the bank of artificial watercourse dug in the 17th century to bring drinking water from to London) the Lesser Moselle which, unlike the main river, is in the open, until a as ‘ When it rains in , it and the railway. Turn left onto Cross Lane and at the top turn right and walk by the green railings hedge bars your way. So rejoin the tarmac path on your right and turn floods in Tottenham ’ or ‘ Highgate’s rain surrounding the waterworks on a footpath called Penstock Path (not named). Following this along it to the left, where you come to a beautiful artificial lake. 10 is Tottenham’s pain ’. across the New River and under the railway brings you out onto Western Road. Water from a spring on the northern edge of the cemetery flows There is not much evidence of the Moselle to be seen here. It crosses Western Road to the through an ornamental stream into the lake and then drains into the Tottenham Cemetery This guide describes a walk along the course of the river. It is produced by the Haringey Friends right of where you are standing and winds its way past the gasholders and under Wood Green Lesser Moselle. of Parks Forum which aims to protect and improve Haringey’s parks, nature reserves and green High Road where Argos now stands. To reach this point walk straight ahead down Coburg Road, Return to the footpath and re-cross the bridge. At the first opportunity turn left into the eastern spaces. The river (or stream or brook as it is sometimes called) flows through a number of them. to Mayes Road where you turn right. Turn left into Caxton Road and then, where Caxton Road part of the cemetery. Continuing in this direction and turning right by the chapel brings you to a gate We describe the situation in 2012. In some areas, notably in Lordship Recreation Ground turns left, turn right along a footpath which brings you out onto the High Road nearly opposite leading out onto Beaufoy Road where you turn left. From the eastern boundary of the cemetery the (known as Lordship Rec), enormous improvements have been undertaken and when you reach Argos. There are toilets on the first floor of Wood Green Shopping City to your right. river is once more in a culvert. It flows under the Ernest Wedge & Co factory which you pass. At the these areas you will be pleasantly surprised by the changes. Cross the road at the lights and walk down the alley next to Argos. This end of Beaufoy Road turn right onto . The river is beneath you. The Moselle River’s name and other names referring to water features are commemorated in brings you out onto Gladstone Mews which leads onto Pelham Road. Turn At the junction with Tottenham High Road the river makes an abrupt right turn although it some streets and buildings along its route. We highlight these names in blue . left and you come to Gladstone Avenue. Diagonally across on your right is might well once have carried straight on to join and thence the River Lea at As can be seen on the map, the river has a number of sources which finally come together in Moselle Avenue . You are now in the Noel Park Estate, planned and built in Northumberland Park. Now the river flows down the west side of the High Road. The first turning Priory Park in Hornsey. The true source is generally acknowledged to be in Queen’s Wood and it the late 19th century. The river here runs along the backs of the houses on on the right is Moselle Place which leads into Moselle Street . Continue down the High Road is from there that the walk starts. The full length of the river walk is seven and a half miles the north side of Moselle Avenue . At the first crossroads take a short passing listed Moselle House . 11 although it can of course be taken in stages. diversion to your left along Vincent Road and you will see a brick structure The river is visible beneath a glass cover in the new foyer of the Coombes Croft library which, Part of bridge parapet, 6 12 In preparing this guide we are indebted to Albert Pinching’s and David Dell’s wonderful Vincent Rd which is the parapet of a bridge under which the river once flowed. if open, is worth a visit . ‘Haringey’s Hidden Streams Reveale d’, which gives a detailed history and description of all the At the end of Moselle Avenue turn right onto Lordship Lane. The river Continue along the High Road until you reach Scotland Green with the Pride of Tottenham pub natural waterways in Haringey. now runs under the south side pavement until its junction with Westbury Avenue. Here it turns on the corner and opposite Pembury Road. Here the river turns left beneath Scotland Green. south along the course of an inaccessible alley. Walk to the next junction and turn right along Follow the road east from Scotland Green. If you carry straight on, crossing over Kemble Road, The walk starts at the Lodge Café 1 in Queen’s Wood ( stop on bus 43 and Downhills Way. Walk on the left side of the road. Just past an entrance to Lordship Recreation you will a concrete footway ahead called Carbuncle Passage (in the past called Garbell Ditch and 134) where one of the many springs which feed water into the Moselle River has its source. Ground you will come across what looks as if it should be another entrance but it is fenced off. later Carbuncle Ditch). One branch of the river, originally constructed as part of a flood control Follow the path signposted to Wood Vale. A second stream soon joins the one you are following. The river enters the park under the concrete pathway you can see here. Retrace your steps and scheme in the fifteenth century, lies beneath Carbuncle Passage and enters Pymmes Brook. The brick wall 2 which can be seen at the foot of Queen’s Wood was built to channel the water enter the park. 7 The main branch of the river turns south just beyond Scotland Green to into a culvert, a large pipe buried in the ground. From here, until it emerges in Lordship Rec, only As you enter Lordship Rec you see the Moselle in the open for the first time. Until recently it the west of Parkhurst Road. Walk down this road and continue along the course of the river can be followed. The river itself is buried in a culvert. was culverted under a path, with an overflow ditch now filled in to create a wildlife corridor. The Ladysmith Road. Turn right into Holcombe Road, left into Dawlish Road, right Leave the wood, cross Wood Vale and walk straight ahead along a footpath through Crouch Moselle has been re-landscaped and made into a stunning feature with three bridges. The original into Scales Road and left into Chesnut Grove. The course of the river remains End Open Spaces. 3 culvert still carries the river overflow under the path parallel to the river. You could stop and rest on your right. A short way down Chesnut Grove turn left onto Tamar Way, a At the end of the path cross Park Road and walk along Park Avenue South. The road follows here and enjoy the park’s facilities. Follow the river through the park until you come to Broadwater footpath bordered by trees that follows the winding course of the river. From the course of the river which flows at the end of the gardens on the south side of the road. About Farm Estate, built in the 1970s by Haringey Council. The area was called ‘Broadwaters’ because here, a new cut was made in 1968 which diverted the river via a culvert due a quarter of a mile down Park Avenue South, where it bends to the left, take a footpath off to the before the culverting of the river it was often flooded. east to join Pymmes Brook just north of Ferry Lane. right. You can notice that the path dips down and up as it crosses the course of the river. The At the end of the park turn left onto Freedom Road between the park and estate and then right To follow the course of the old river, turn right at the end of Tamar Way path comes out by an entrance to Priory Park 4 which is on your left. Walk through the park. into Adams Road which is the northern perimeter road of Broadwater Farm Estate leaving Tamar Way onto Park View Road. Cross the main road by pedestrian crossings The river hugs the edge of the park on your left through the children’s playground. Broadwater Farm Children’s Centre and the school on your left. The river has disappeared towards Tottenham Retail Park continuing down and Broad Lane. Turn right by the paddling pool and then keep left and walk through the formal gardens beneath the estate here but you meet it again where a footpath with the Moselle underneath goes The old river here is on your left beneath the Retail Park. Where Broad Lane turns sharp right passing a tall fountain now used to display plants. Exit the park near the junction of Middle Lane off to your left just after Moira Close where Adams Road is closed with a ‘No Entry’ sign. Follow take a left down Markfield Road, pass under two railway bridges and enter Markfield Park. 13 and Priory Road. Middle Lane is on the course of Cholmeley Brook, a tributary of the Moselle, this path to Lordship Lane. The old course of the Moselle finally enters the River Lea where a gate leads you out onto the which originates in Highgate. As you come out of the park onto Priory Road, Cholmeley Brook North of Lordship Lane the river looped round to the left (shown as a dotted line on the map) towpath. A concrete platform covers the pipes in which it flows, and the outlet itself can be seen joins the Moselle flowing under the wide pavement on the south side of Priory Road. but when Tower Gardens Estate 8 was built in the early 1900s it was put into a culvert which emerging through six concrete arches. 14 Have a celebratory drink at Markfields Pistachios Cafe. The river swings north at this point through the grounds of Camfrey House and the Hornsey runs in a straight line to join up with its original course on entering Tottenham Cemetery where Return to Broad Lane to catch buses to Turnpike Lane, Wood Green or Seven Sisters or retrace Bowling Club. Rectory Gardens crosses it near the rear entrance of the bowling club, marked by again it comes to the surface. your steps to Tottenham Retail Park and cross the main road to underground.