Langtons Gardens
A very popular and well-loved historical garden located in the middle of Hornchurch.
The grounds, originally designed by Sir Humphry Repton, have, through the years, provided a beautiful backdrop for many wedding photographs.
With mature trees and a lake this is a popular area to sit, relax and unwind.
A historic garden with a serpentine lake and path network around the gardens.
The gardens are overlooked by Langtons House, a Georgian red brick mansion which acts as our registry office.
The site also boasts a historic orangey and bath house.
There are also links the adjoining Fielders Field site with its cricket pitch and play area.
Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1AX.
Pay and display parking available on Keswick Avenue and Theatre Road.
There are a choice of buses that stop close by on North Street.
Routes 165, 256, and 370 all stop by the fire station which is just a 2 minute walk away from the park.
You can also walk up from the High Street where routes 248, 165, 193, and 372 all stop.
Times vary throughout the year depending on the season but the park is closed approximately at dusk and opened by 8am.
The current house is mainly a Georgian red brick mansion set in a pleasure garden with the adjoining Fielders sporting field and woodland.
In the 13th century the land was recorded as 'Langedun'. An earlier building on the site known as Marchauntes, a medieval word for merchants, stood here in 1446.
Now about 11 acres, but it originally had open parkland of approx 90 acres, with paddocks and orchards.
The building and grounds were updated at some point in the mid to late C18th.
Two-storey wings were added, plus an orangery and stable block (whilst the bath house is an early 19th century feature).
The remodelling of the grounds to a design is attributed to the renowned landscape garden designer Humphry Repton, who incorporated paths, walls, lake, gardeners' bothies, a 'mazy' shrubbery, enclosed orchard and fine timber trees.
On 1 June 1929 Langtons was gifted to the town of Hornchurch by Varco Williams and his daughter Mrs Elizabeth Parkes, including the proviso that the house should be maintained, and the gardens should be kept open to the public.
There is no play equipment on site but easy connections to Fielders Field which does.
There is no outdoor gym available on this site.
Toilets available in court yard and open when the tea shop is open.
Tea shop in court yard (open times vary).