|Mansfield Park||Waltham Forest|
Where Mansfield Park is situated used to be communal grazing and hay-cropping land, the name Mansfield deriving from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning land held in common. The park is entered at the brow of Mansfield Hill through ornamental iron gates, the design incorporating the park's name and two leaping deer. It opens onto a small area of lawns with bedding displays in square, lozenge-shaped and circular island beds. A central path leads to the rolling hillside beyond. The park has fine views across William Girling Reservoir.
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Mansfield Park comprises two distinct areas. The formal area at the top of the hill has a series of flower beds in lawns with planting of conifers/shrubs and seating either side of a wide central path that leads to railings and gateway, beyond which a wide expanse of open grassland slopes down to the Reservoir. This unlandscaped area is traversed by some paths and around the perimeter are wooded areas.
Images of England: Chingford, compiled by Stephen Pewsey, Tempus Publishing 1996