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Location: Dulwich Rd, London SE24 0PA, United Kingdom .
Phone: +44 20 7926 9000
Brockwell Park:
Brockwell Park is a 50.8 hectare [1](125.53 acres) park located between Brixton, Herne Hill and Tulse Hill, bordered by Brixton Water Lane, Norwood Road, Tulse Hill (Road), and Dulwich Road in South London.
It is home to the Lambeth Country Show, which usually takes place in July,[3] though this has been moved to September for 2012.[4] An annual fireworks display also takes place around November 5.[5]
The park also commands views of the skyline of the city and Central London. At the top of the hill within the park stands Brockwell Hall.
Brockwell Park contains a number of amenities, including tennis courts, a bowling green, a BMX track and a miniature railway.
History of Brockwell Park:
The Grade II* listed Brockwell Hall[7] was originally built between 1811-1813 when the area was part of Surrey and was the country seat of glass merchant John Blades Esq. The land and house were acquired by the London County Council (LCC) in March 1891 and opened to the public on 2 June in the following summer, led by the local MP Thomas Lynn Bristowe. At the unveiling, he died of a heart attack on the steps of Brockwell Hall.
In 1901 the LCC acquired a further 43 acres (17 ha) of land north of the original park.[8] In the 1920s, there were 13 cricket pitches in the park, which attracted crowds of up to 1,500. Brockwell Park was home to the Galton Institute.
A bust of Thomas Bristowe was returned to the Park and unveiled on its 120th birthday, 2012.
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