Play park
South Oxhey Playing Fields
A former golf course turned parkland — a skate park, a games area, two play areas, a woodland walk and even a meadow for the dog.
Find it on the map →Carpenders Park
Watford, Hertfordshire
256 homes proposed on green belt east of Oxhey Lane — the appeal inquiry is under way.
Find it on the map: open in OpenStreetMap →
Join the defence of Carpenders Park
One tap, no account, no email — the field keeps a ledger of its friends. Be the first to defend this field
“You can't protect a field you've never loved. Stand with this one — and bring someone to meet it.”
Make a day of it
The meadow doesn't end at the hedge. Around it stands a whole village that has stood with her for a thousand years — the church on the hill, the hall where they dance, the swings where they squeal. Go on, make a day of it. The field will still be here when you get back. She's very patient.
Church
All Saints' Church
The parish church for South Oxhey and Carpenders Park — a modern, flexible building that doubles as the community's front room.
Find it on the map →
Community hall
Carpenders Park Community Hall
The village's own hall — baby groups, the ladies' club, the bead group and all the rest of it.
Find it on the map →“Look after each other out here. Come in twos and threes, bring a torch if you're about after dark, and keep an eye on the little ones and the slow ones. I'd watch over you myself, but I'm a scarecrow — my watching's mostly for the crows. So you be each other's guardians. That's the village way.”
How you can help
Say it should be saved
Objections and public support count at every step — the Local Plan consultation decides which green-belt sites get allocated.
Have your say →Keep in touch
Follow the field's progress and hear when Rusty will be along — or volunteer to lend a hand with the field team.
Get involved →Know another field?
There are plenty more in the shire. Send us a meadow you love and Rusty will give it a proper look.
Send a field →The shire is wide, and every field in it deserves a walk.