Osterley Park
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Address – Jersey Road
Isleworth
Middlesex
W7 4RB
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| Phone | 020 8232 5050 |
| Opening times |
14 Mar–28 Oct 07 11–5 We Th Fr Sa Su
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| Collection/special features | Oaks and lakes, a Tudor house converted to the Neo-Classical style |
| Dog friendly? | Note substantial changes here, dogs are no longer allowed in the gardens, only in the park and only on a lead |
| Child friendly? | The grounds are pleasing but they would have liked it better when the menagerie still existed! |
| Description |
The house is set in extensive park and farmland - beginning in the 1760s, the process of landscaping saw the natural ponds and streams integrated to form three long lakes in the serpentine fashion. Lawns, pasture and shrubs were introduced. In the late eighteenth century, the park's main attraction was its menagerie by the North Lake. This contained a host of rare and unusual birds. Substantial tree-planting over the centuries, including the introduction of cedars, has brought additional colour and shade to an estate once regarded as rather too flat. A collection of oak trees includes an impressive cork oak, a Japanese Daimyo oak, Hungarian oaks and North American red oaks. |
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Osterley Park photograph by Twyford used under a creative commons licence
