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HA HA RESTORATION
Did you know that there is a ha-ha in Canons Park? Not many people do. And if you have never heard of a ha-ha, it is a feature found often in the gardens of stately homes, which divides the formal gardens surrounding the house from the pastures beyond which would have animals grazing. It is a sunken fence which is invisible from the house, but which prevents animals from straying into the formal gardens. Our ha-ha can be found close to the end of Canons Drive, at the point where the view opens up across the park towards Whitchurch Lane, although at present it is little more than a ditch.
The Friends of Canons Park, in co-operation with the Borough of Harrow, have a project to restore the ha-ha, which has fallen into a state of disrepair, and is half hidden by vegetation.
We are fortunate to have the additional co-operation of BTCV (the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers), who are running a separate project which allows young people, who have lost their Transport for London travel priviledges, to earn their travel back by participating in voluntary work. On Sunday 7th February 2010, a small party of youngsters, together with two people from BTCV, worked for most of the day to clear vegetation around the ha-ha. They made a considerable difference, and further visits have been made and more are planned for the future. Pictures before and after the work was done can be found on the picture pages. Then on Sunday 28th November 2010, we had a joint volunteer/earn your travel back day during which we removed some of the old brickwork so that tree stumps and other vegetation that has grown up in the intervening years can be removed. More of this work will be done during 2011, then once this is completed the brick wall will be re-constructed to be as new.
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