Trent Park

Trent Park is an English country house in north London, accompanied by its former extensive grounds. The original great house, along with several statues and other structures within the grounds, such as the Orangery, are Grade II listed buildings. The site is designated as Metropolitan Green Belt, lies within a conservation area, and is also included at Grade II within the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. The house played an important role as a secret prisoner-of-war camp in World War Two. Until 2012, the house and adjacent buildings constituted the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University. The campus hosted the performing arts, teacher education, humanities, product design and engineering, television production, and biological science departments, as well as the Flood Hazard Research Centre. The campus was vacated in October 2012. The parkland extends to approximately 320 hectares (3.2 km2) and has been known as the Trent Country Park since 1973. The park includes a sports ground, Southgate Hockey Centre. Previously, there was an indoor tennis court that was attended by royalty. This later became a sports hall when the building was converted into a college of education. The Trent Park site was purchased by a developer who received the necessary permits in October 2017 to construct 262 residential units. The site will also include a museum on the two lower floors of the mansion. While the university campus buildings were removed, the historic buildings, gardens and landscape were retained.