Scratchwood Park

Scratchwood Park is a park in Barnet, Greater London, England. Scratchwood Park is situated nearby to the forest Froghall Wood, as well as near Gravel Pit Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barnet Gate Wood and Moat Mount Open Space.

Barnet Gate Wood

Forest

Barnet Gate Wood is a public open space in Barnet Gate, Barnet, London. It is owned and managed by the London Borough of Barnet, and is part of the Watling Chase Community Forest.

Moat Mount Open Space is a 110-hectare park and nature reserve in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet. It is part of Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, which includes Barnet Gate Wood and Scratchwood Countryside Park, but is separate from Scratchwood itself, which is a neighbouring park and nature reserve.

Woodcock Hill Village Green

Park

Woodcock Hill Village Green or Woodcock Hill Open Space is an area of grass and woodland in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire in England. It was designated a Village Green in 2008 to prevent development of the site. Woodcock Hill Village Green is situated 1 mile northwest of Scratchwood Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barnet Gate and Arkley.

Barnet Gate

Village

Barnet Gate is a hamlet on the northern edge of the London Borough of Barnet to the west of Arkley, in England. There was a settlement there during the Roman occupation of Britain and in the Anglo-Saxon period it was known as Grendeles Gatan after Grendel, the monster in the epic poem Beowulf.

Arkley

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Arkley is a village in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Barnet. It is located 10.6 miles north-northwest of Charing Cross. It consists of a long village strung out between Barnet and Stirling Corner, and composed of the ancient hamlets of Barnet Gate, Rowley Green and Arkley.