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This HA6 private residential estate takes its name from Moor Park, a country house originally built by James, Duke of Monmouth, in the late 1670s. The house was rebuilt in the Palladian style by Giacomo Leoni in 1720. The house is a Grade I listed building. Its park is Grade II listed and it’s on the Register of Historic Park and Gardens. Moor Park mansion derives its name from the Manor of More. The More was a 16th-century royal palace. It was where Catherine of Aragon lived after her marriage to King Henry VIII was canceled. The site of this royal house was inhabited since the 12th century.
In the 18th century, Admiral Lord Anson bought Moor Park mansion and hired famous landscaper Capability Brown to redo the gardens. Rumor has it that the first commercial strawberries and fuzzless apricots were first planted in the mansion’s gardens. The house and grounds are now home to Moor Park Gold Club. The club has two courses, the High Course and the West Course. The professional tournaments are held on the High Course. Golf course architect Harry Colt designed the golf fields. The club appeared in an episode of BBC documentary Metro-land.
Large Jewish, Hindu, and Sikh communities have been established in Moor Park. The nearby neighborhood has mainly luxurious homes. Some of them date back to the 1930s when housing development began here. This North West London area is near the Greater London boundary. It was part of the ancient parish of Rickmansworth. Moor Park tube station serves this area and also the nearby localities of Eastbury and South Oxhey. The station opened in 1910 as Sandy Lodge after the golf field. Thirteen years later, it changed names to Moor Park & Sandy Lodge. The current name is in use since 1950. The station was rebuilt entirely in 1961.