Downhills Park is a large park with lots of mature trees and dense shrubberies. The site won a Green Flag Award again for 2020. Noel Park Healthy Walkers (BTCV) and Haringey Walking Your Way to Health (WHI) projects both use this site.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Downhills Park
Borough: Haringey
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 6.57 ha
Description
Wildlife
This site has excellent tree cover, in places forming a woodland structure over dense shrubberies. Native species, including hornbeam, hawthorn and pedunculate oak, predominate, and there are also some fine specimens of exotic species such as cork oak and cedar of Lebanon, all surviving from the original 19th century planting. The park supports a good community of common birds, including song thrush and mistle thrush, and the declining spotted flycatcher has bred in recent years.Facilities
Historic features; information; playgrounds
A singing Song thrush © Susy Hogarth
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