Oak Hill Park

Oak Hill Park is a step above the others in the area. Yes it has all the usual municipal leisure stuff. But it also has a genuine oak wood, along the slopes of the hill.

And of course it still has the Pymmes Brook running through it. With some wildlife - another Grey Heron

...and a beautiful little egret

Plus it has a marshy bit of meadow

Waterfall Walk

So, what image does Waterfall Walk conjure up in your mind? Something like this maybe?

But this is North London, so scale down your expectations. And having scaled them down, you are still going to be disappointed. Seriously, this is the waterfall. More a very gentle incline.

Waterfall Walk is a pathway beyond Arnos Park which follows alongside the Pymmes Brook. And frankly if you only have a brook to start with you can't expect a gushing torrent can you? 

It is actually a very nice little walk with a decent tree canopy.

 

And at the end of that walk you come to the East and West Walks,  rather grand titles given they only denote one side or the other of a little stretch of green along the Pymmes Brook trail, with houses down each of them. 

 But I did spot a grey heron in the brook.

Arnos Park

 

Only a short walk on from Broomfield Park is Arnos Park. It is a long but relatively narrow park. As you can see below, it looks most stunning in the late afternoon sun an an autumn day.

Unlike many North London parks it lacks an ornamental lake, but it does have a river running through it, or at least a brook, Pymme's Brook.

The dreaded parakeet has reached Barnet.

But nice to see a native species, and what can feel more native than a robin.

This is the pathway beyond Arnos Park. As to where that leads, wait for another post (exciting eh?)

But the real highlight of this park is the railway viaduct for the Piccadilly Line. Where the underground goes up into the sky.