# Scratchwood, London

[Parks](https://geography.me/london/parks) · Elstree Park

## Close by

- [Scratchwood Park](https://geography.me/london/scratchwood-park): Park, 370 m
- [Pitch](https://geography.me/london/pitch-barnet-lane), 530 m
- [Playground](https://geography.me/london/playground-hyver-hill), 620 m
- [Barnet Hospital](https://geography.me/london/barnet-hospital): Emergency room, 3.4 km

Directions: https://maps.apple.com/directions?destination=51.64,-0.264

Source: https://geography.me/london/scratchwood

## The story here

Scratchwood is an extensive, mainly wooded, country park in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet. The 57-hectare site is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and together with the neighbouring Moat Mount Open Space. It is a Local Nature Reserve.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratchwood

Photo: Dudley Miles, Public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scratchwood.JPG