Little Wormwood Scrubs

Little Wormwood Scrubs is a park in Kensal Green on the border of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Counter's Creek, a now subterranean stream that arises in Kensal Green flows south through the park, eventually joining the River Thames.

Little Wormwood Scrubs
Little Wormwood Scrubs
LocationHammersmith and Fulham, London, England
Playground in park

History

Little Wormwood Scrubs was originally part of Wormwood Scrubs, and separated from it in the 1840s when the railway embankment of the West London Line was built.[1]

In 1870 the northwest part of the land was exchanged for land to the south east;[2]

Little Wormwood Scrubs today

In 2005 an unexploded terrorist bomb was discovered in the park. Part of the 21 July 2005 London bombings, it was made safe by the police using a controlled explosion.[3]

See also

References
  1. Little Wormwood Scrubs, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
  2. Little Wormwood Scrubs Ten-year Management Plan 2010-2019 (PDF), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Appendix five: A Brief History of Little Wormwood Scrubs, p.107
  3. "21st July Attacks - What Happened". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2010.


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