Birch Woods Park

Birch Woods Park
The park as seen from Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue in 2020.
Type	Urban park, woodland
Location	Ursynów, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates	52°08′30″N 21°03′29″E
Area	3.64 ha
Created	2010

The Birch Woods Park (Polish: Park Lasek Brzozowy) is an urban park and a small woodland area in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is located in the neighbourhood of Natolin, between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street.

History

By the 1970s, through the area of current park run a dirt road, connecting Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue and Lanciego Street. As the local government anticipated that it would eventually be developed into a paved street, in 1977, it named it after Henryk Świątkowski, a lawyer who was the Minister of Justice of Poland from 1945 to 1956. While it was never constructed, the name remained listed in the municipal records until 2013. Today, it remains as a foodpath cutting through the middle of the park.

In 2008 was aproved plan to revitalise the park area. In 2010, there were constructed pathways and a playground, and in 2014, was also added a football pitch.

In 2015, it was planed to construct there the St. Sophia Church of the Holy Wisdom. Due to protests of the local inhabitants, it was decided against the location, and the building was instead constructed at 568 Puławska Street in the neighbourhood of Jeziorki.

Characteristics

It is placed between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street, and divided into two areas. The western smaller part contains a recreational park area, with football pitch and playgrounds. The eastern larger part contains a small woodland area known as the Birch Woods (Polish: Lasek Brzozowy), administered by the Warsaw Municipal Forestry. Despite the name, it is not dominated by birch trees. The park has the total area of 3.64 ha.