Clitterhouse Recreation Ground

{{Short description|Park in Brent Cross, London, England}}

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Clitterhouse Recreation Ground or Clitterhouse Playing Fields is a park and Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation{{cite web|url= http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=BaL06&sType=sinc|title= Clitterhouse Recreation Ground|publisher= Greenspace Information for Greater London|year= 2006|archive-url= https://archive.today/20121224014440/http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=BaL06&sType=sinc|archive-date= 2012-12-24|url-status= dead}} in Brent Cross in the London Borough of Barnet.{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/map.aspx |title=iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites |publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015142729/http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/map.aspx |archive-date=2012-10-15 }} It is a large area of mown grass with a children's playground, bordered by thick hedges. Clitterhouse Stream (or Clitterhouse Brook), a tributary of the River Brent, runs along its eastern border.

The £4.5 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood development includes spending several million pounds on improving the park, including extensive landscaping, sports facilities and a nature park.[http://www.governmentbusiness.co.uk/content/view/2137/25/ £4.5 billion regeneration scheme for Barnet approved by councillors, Government Business] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723113926/http://www.governmentbusiness.co.uk/content/view/2137/25/ |date=2011-07-23 }}[http://www.brentcrosscricklewood.com/pages/09qanda/qa.html Brent Cross Cricklewood, a Town Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911051257/http://www.brentcrosscricklewood.com/pages/09qanda/qa.html |date=2011-09-11 }}[http://www.brentcrosscricklewood.com/bxc_planningapps/pdfdownloads/BXC2_REVISED_ENVIRON_VOL1A.pdf Brent Cross Cricklewood Planning Application March 2009, Revised Planning Statement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911045732/http://www.brentcrosscricklewood.com/bxc_planningapps/pdfdownloads/BXC2_REVISED_ENVIRON_VOL1A.pdf |date=2011-09-11 }}

There is access to the park from Claremont Road, Prayle Grove, Purbeck Drive, Hendon Way, and by a subway from Ridge Hill.