One of the parks and green spaces protected by Fields in Trust in perpetuity. Because once they are gone, they are gone forever
Protection Type Centenary Fields
Hectares
October 2014 Protected since
Harefield Village Green has been registered as a common since 1813 and includes a children’s play area, pond and informal open areas.
The Green is home to the ...
Harefield Village Green has been registered as a common since 1813 and includes a children’s play area, pond and informal open areas.
The Green is home to the village’s war memorial, a stone obelisk which commemorates 113 local people who fell during World War I. Victoria Cross medals were awarded during World War I to two men born in the village - Cecil John Kinross and Robert Ryder and the centenary commemorative paving stone for these two VC recipients are to be placed adjacent to the World War I memorial.
The Green also has a globe on a pole indicating the long-held association of the village with Australia originating in World War I. In November 1914, Mr and Mrs Charles Billyard-Leake, Australian residents in the UK, offered their home, Harefield Park House and its grounds, to the Minister of Defence in Melbourne for use as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers of the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). The offer was accepted by the Commonwealth Defence Department and the property became the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in December 1914. The village holds an annual memorial on Anzac Day.
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Managing organisation London Borough of Hillingdon
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