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Cassiobury Park
Cassiobury Park — park in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Watford · 0.3 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Cassiobury Park is a public park in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 288 km². Heritage designation: Grade II listed park and garden. Managed by Watford Borough Council. Wikidata describes it as: "park in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.6597°, -0.4167°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Cassiobury Park is the principal public park in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It was created in 1909 from the purchase by Watford Borough Council of part of the estate of the Earls of Essex around Cassiobury House which was subsequently demolished in 1927. It comprises over 190 acres (77 ha) and extends from the A412 Rickmansworth Road in the east to the Grand Union Canal in the west, and lies to the south of the Watford suburb of Cassiobury, which was also created from the estate. The western part is a 62-acre (25.1 ha) Local Nature Reserve managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. The park hosts the free, weekly timed parkrun 5 km event every Saturday morning at 9 am, starting on the field near the Shepherds Road entrance to the park, and finishing by the bandstand.
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Background
Architecture
Much of the park is covered by mown grass and scattered trees. There are notable specimens of American oaks such as the pin oak Quercus palustris Muenchh. and the scarlet oak Q. coccinea Muenchh. The cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani A. Richard is a prominent feature, though some of the older and unsafe specimens have been removed. Many more recent plantings of exotics have been made, such as swamp cypress Taxodium distichum (L.) Richards and various Asian rowans Sorbus spp. The park slopes generally downhill from east to west, into the alluvial valley of the River Gade. The broadly meandering river and its bridges add much charm; the canal takes a more direct route. The direction of flow is…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6597, -0.4167
- County
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Watford
- Parish
- Watford, unparished area
- Postcode
- WD18 7LD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Watford
- Nearest railway station
- Watford — 0.3 km
- Official site
- watford.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5049457 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cassiobury Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cassiobury Park 012.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cassiobury Park?
- Cassiobury Park is in Hertfordshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode WD18 7LD), in the parish of Watford, unparished area.
- Who runs Cassiobury Park?
- Cassiobury Park is operated by Watford Borough Council.
- Is Cassiobury Park a listed building?
- Cassiobury Park is officially recognised as Grade II listed park and garden listed.
- Is Cassiobury Park a protected site?
- Yes — Cassiobury Park is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Cassiobury Park free to visit?
- Yes, Cassiobury Park is free to enter.
- How do I get to Cassiobury Park?
- The nearest railway station is Watford, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WD18 7LD.