TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Scything at Headstone Manor!
An activity with Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
Activity date: Thursday 4th September 2025
Start time: 10:00
Finish time: 15:00
Activity description
Join us at Headstone Manor and learn the traditional skill of scything! We'll be cutting and raking the meadows - allowing next year's wildflowers to come through. No experience necessary- just enthusiasm!
Meeting place
Headstone Manor Car Park
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Activity location
Headstone Manor, Headstone Manor Pinner View Harrow, HA2 6PX
Site description
Built in circa 1310, the moated manor house known as Headstone Manor is the earliest surviving timber framed building in Middlesex. Described as 'one of the most interesting domestic complexes in the whole country', the fabric of Headstone Manor contains examples of high quality work dating from the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries. Headstone Manor is a Grade I listed building. br> br>Headstone Manor is surrounded by the only surviving filled moat in Middlesex. The moat is contemporary in date to the oldest part of the building, and was constructed as a status symbol to reflect the wealth of the manor's owner. br> br>WE will be carrying out maintainance work within the grounds
Contact
Hattie Jones
Telephone: 07483045713
Email: hattie.jones@tcv.org.uk
Website: www.tcv.org.uk/batnorth
Please bring
- packed lunch
- suitable outdoor clothes
- suitable outdoor footwear
Further info
Contact Hattie for further details, or to book a place.
Site Facilities
- Cafe
- Toilets
- Nearest Toilets - Headstone Manor Museum
