More than 900 hectares of green space, historic estates, botanical gardens and museums shape Enfield. An extensive network of public footpaths and permitted trails offers various ways to explore the landscape. Check current path conditions before setting out for a walk. When deciding where to focus your stay, you can weigh up parkland, garden culture, and museums or events.

Parks and historic estates

Broomfield Park combines garden history with leisure facilities. The park contains a rare example of an 18th-century Baroque water garden. Its facilities include a bandstand where live concerts are held, a model boating pond and an adventure playground. Concerts depend on the programme, so checking current dates can help with planning your visit.

Trent Country Park covers more than 400 acres of meadows, woodland and lakes. Trent Park developed from an 18th-century hunting park into a significant estate and later became Trent Country Park. At Whitewebbs Park, parkland and woodland cover 196 acres, with paths leading through ancient woodland. Both examples show different elements of Enfield’s landscape, but they do not form a single route.

The 273-acre Forty Hall Estate is a listed 18th-century landscape. Its features include an ornamental pond, medieval fish ponds, streams and a walled garden. The Forty Hall mansion is a Jacobean house and a Grade I listed building; it is associated with Sir Nicholas Rainton. Several paths through the grounds and parkland range from 1.1 to 6.3 kilometres and lead through different parts of the estate.

Visitor information gives an approximate 20-minute walk to the Forty Hall Estate from Turkey Street, Gordon Hill and Enfield Town stations. This is an estimate. You can take it into account alongside current path conditions when planning a visit on foot.

Gardens, landscape and local history

Myddelton House Gardens is an eight-acre botanical garden and the lifelong home of gardener E. A. Bowles. The New River Lawn preserves the course of a former section of the New River that ran through the garden. At the Bowles Museum, you can learn more about Bowles’ life and the history of the house; some of his paintings are also on display there. The Bowles Tea Room serves hot and cold food as well as refreshments.

Capel Manor Gardens also brings together a range of garden and nature themes: it has productive and ornamental gardens, a woodland walk with spring bulbs, and a lake with koi carp. The attractions also include a mini zoo with keeper talks and animal experiences. This lets you combine a garden visit with an insight into animal care, while each area has its own focus.

The Forty Hall Vineyard offers another glimpse into the history of horticulture in Enfield. It is considered London’s first vineyard since the Middle Ages and, together with Capel Manor College, continues a winemaking tradition introduced to England by the Romans. For seasonal harvest experiences, a family-run farm offers year-round pick-your-own produce from more than 20 crops. Examples include blackcurrants, tayberries, broad beans, spinach and Swiss chard; availability depends on the season.

Museums and events

The Museum of Enfield explores the area’s places, people and businesses and has around 20,000 objects. Highlights from the collection are on display in a permanent gallery; exhibitions are held twice a year at the Dugdale Arts Centre. There is also a regularly changing outdoor exhibition shown at various locations across the borough. Museum events range from talks to escape rooms. As exhibitions and event dates change, it is worth checking the current programme before your visit.

First, consider which of these aspects is most important for your trip.

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