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Little Wormwood Scrubs

Coordinates: 51°31′25″N 0°13′44″W / 51.5236°N 0.2288°W / 51.5236; -0.2288
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Little Wormwood Scrubs
Little Wormwood Scrubs
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LocationHammersmith and Fulham, London, England
Playground in park

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.

History

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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

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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

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References

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  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.

51°31′25″N 0°13′44″W / 51.5236°N 0.2288°W / 51.5236; -0.2288