Welcome to
Canons Park
Canons Park, Harrow
Green Flag Park Winner
Canons Park is nestled between the borders of Edgware and Stanmore; it has a fascinating history dating back hundreds of years. Canons Park offers wide open spaces for walking, sports and picnicking, with shady woodland walks offering wonderful displays of spring bluebells and wild garlic (from late April to early May).
Park Facilities
In addition to the wonderful natural areas, Canons Park has a family friendly area with an adventure playground, which recently had an exciting upgrade:
new equipment for toddlers and older children
new softer playground surface
picnic tables
and nearby:
supersized climbing boulder
table tennis tables
basketball hoop
outdoor exercise gym
The park has a flat terrain and a continuous pathway around its perimeter, enabling wheelchair users, walkers, joggers, and families with pushchairs to explore the woodland and open spaces without having to encounter steps or steep hills.
We host parkrun every Saturday at 9am and particularly welcome walkers, people with disabilities, and participants who bring along their dogs.
If you’re interested in the fascinating history of the park you can download the free, GPS-guided walk, which takes you back to the 18th century and the times of the first Duke of Chandos, who spent a fortune developing Canons as his country estate.
We are so proud of our café – Liam’s in the Park at the Good Friends Café – which has a five star rating by Harrow Council. Don’t forget to stop by for top quality coffee, wonderful home-made patisserie, hot and cold drinks including fabulous smoothies, ices, and much more.
There’s also lots of seating outdoors – including a weatherproof pop-up dome – and always a friendly welcome.
There are a number of ways in which you can support the work of the Friends, who use their funds to:
purchase and maintain tools and equipment for our gardening group
buy plants, bulbs and shrubs for the walled Memorial Garden
stage annual events such as our Kids’ Fun Fair Day in early August, and guided walks around the park as part of Open City week in mid-September
create and install information boards around the park
produce and distribute leaflets about the history, facilities and trees in Canons Park
Become a member of the Friends
Become a member of the Friends of Canons Park – or donate a membership to a friend or family member to mark a birthday or anniversary. Membership runs from May each year for 12 months and costs just £10 per household, but you can join at any time of the year!
What the friends' groups do
The groups provide support with the day-to-day management of our parks and open spaces working with other stakeholders to promote the parks and the wide range of activities.
Support includes:
development of specialist areas such as the George V Memorial Garden
working closely with the Shaw Trust horticultural charity, which has a base in the park
reporting problems about trees, facilities, general landscaping, graffiti and security
organising events in or associated with the park
litter pick events
promotion of the park
Working with London Borough of Harrow staff
Liaising with the council’s contractor staff
Membership of the group is open to any individual.
Facilities at Cannons Park, Harrow
Directions – easily accessible through several entrances
Opening times: 24 hrs
Address: Donnefield Avenue,
Edgware, Harrow, HA8 6RH
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Travel/Public transport:
By train: Canons park (Underground). Jubilee Line
By bus: 79, 186 and 340
Click on each park link below for more information
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Alexandra Park is a vital 9-hectare green space in South Harrow, shaped by gently curving paths, mature trees, and wide grassland that supports recreation, wellbeing, and local biodiversity.
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The park offers open space ideal for casual walks, informal games. as well as sport facilities including:
four tennis courts available for hire
football pitches available for hire.
There is a car park with approximately 40 spaces next to the tennis courts.
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Canons Park is listed as Grade II on the Register of Parks and Gardens. The park has several listed buildings. The King George V Memorial Garden is a walled garden in the park. It was originally part of the duke's kitchen gardens.
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Chandos Recreation Ground was awarded Green Flag status in 2025
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Harrow Recreation Ground was awarded Green Flag status in 2025
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Headstone Green Community Group (HGCG) is a local group, working together to look after the new 'Headstone Green' park, located just off Pinner View and Umpire View (previously known as St George's Playing Field).
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Headstone Manor Park is located in North Harrow. The park provides over 50 acres of recreation grounds. We completed a full park restoration in 2021. This included new wetland to help with flooding in the area. There is also a footpath which goes around the whole park.
Headstone Manor is a significant scheduled monument. It is home to four historic listed buildings and a 14th-century moat. The museum will show you how Harrow became so unique. From the Stone Age to the arrival of the railways, Headstone Manor has seen it all.
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Kenton Recreation Ground was awarded Green Flag status in 2025
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Montesole Playing Fields has a range of amenities. It is a large open space with football pitches, tennis courts, and a multi-use games area. It also has a general children's area and allotment next to it.
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Pinner Village Gardens are owned by the London Borough of Harrow, located in the borough’s Pinner South Ward on the outskirts of Pinner town centre, and have entrances from Rayners Lane, Compton Rise, Whittington Way and Hereford Gardens. They are a 10-minute walk from Pinner tube station on the Metropolitan Line and provide 6.58 hectares for informal recreation. The park is supported by the work of the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens.
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Rayners Mead is located in North Harrow. There is access from Imperial Drive and Park Drive. There are two tennis courts and a children's playground.
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Located behind the Harrow Arts Centre in Hatch End, Riverside Park is a peaceful green space with a rich mix of wildlife habitats, open grassland and family-friendly facilities. The award-winning park has achieved Green Flag status and is maintained by London Borough of Harrow, together with the volunteer group Friends of Riverside Park. The River Pinn runs through the park, creating a wetland woodland and excellent opportunities for bird spotting and nature walks.
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Roxbourne Park is located near Rayners Lane. There is a range of amenities at the park, including a miniature railway. In summer, children can enjoy train rides on it on Sundays. There is also access to Roxbourne Nature Reserve in the park.
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Roxeth Recreation Ground was awarded Green Flag status in 2025.
Located to the south of Northolt Road in South Harrow with entrances off Kingsley Road. The recreation ground provides nearly 7 hectares of open space with football, bowls and cricket facilities. The bowls green is home to Roxeth Bowling Club.
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Stanmore Recreation Ground is located in Stanmore. The park has open space with football and bowls facilities. There is also a nursery in the park called Little Avanti Day Nursery.
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Warren Lane, Stanmore, HA7 3HQ
The Belmont nature trail exists along the remains of an old railway line shut by Beeching in 1960s. Since then it has slowly re -wilded itself and has become home to an abundance of wildlife and plants. It is about a mile long and takes about 20 mins to walk it. It runs alongside Wealdstone cemetery and Byron park. These nearby open spaces and tall poplar trees attract parakeets, jackdaw and other interesting birds to this stretch. Foxes, voles, deer, hedgehogs and badgers have been seen along the trail.
Addrtess: There is a car park off Warren Lane HA7 3HQ
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Peaceful green open space lodged between Cannonbury Avenue & Glover Road featuring a plethora of flora, fauna and wildlife.
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West Harrow Recreation Ground is located on The Ridgeway. There is also a small car park and a coffee shop with a seating area. The park is the home ground for a few cricket teams and West Harrow Bowling Club. There is also a pre school in the park and a fitness boot camp.
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Peaceful linear park with a stream side walk featuring a plethora of flora, fauna and wildlife; including a section of The Willow Tree Walk stretching into Hillingdon.
