Kirkkojärvi

Kirkkojärvi is a drained lake in Espoo, between Espoon keskus and Kauniainen, by Turunväylä.

Kirkkojärvi was drained during the construction of Tarvontie in the 1950s, but still today becomes a lake-like pool of water during the early spring floods.

Espoonjoki begins from Kirkkojärvi, where Glimsinjoki and Glomsinjoki merge.

The Kirkkojärvi neighbourhood has been built on the previous Kirkkojärvi area south of the Turunväylä. The area north of Turunväylä is mostly bushy swampland. There is a small path on the northern side of the swampland by an Ikea store.