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Location: Tabard
Street, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 Tabard Street, London, England, United
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Southwark Park
Street View of Southwark Park
Location: Gomm
Rd, London SE16, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7525 2000.
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Newington Gardens
Street View of Newington Gardens
Location: B240,
London, England, United Kingdom.
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Little Dorrit Park
Street View of Little Dorrit Park
Location: Disney
Street, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park
Street View of Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park
Location: Lambeth
Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Faraday Gardens
Street View of Faraday Gardens
Location: 29
Date Street, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Dulwich Park
Street View of Dulwich Park
Location: College
Rd, London SE21 7BQ, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7525 2000.
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Dickens Square Park
Street View of Dickens Square Park
Location: Dickens
Square, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Burgess Park
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Location: Albany
Road / Chumleigh Street, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7525 5000.
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Brimmington Park
Street View of Brimmington Park
Location: Clifton
Crescent, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Bermondsey Spa Gardens
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Location: Bacon
Grove / Grange Road / Spa Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Belair Park
Street View of Belair Park
Location: 140
Thurlow Park Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7525 5000.
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Norwood Park
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Location: 23 Salter's Hill, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7926 9000
Norwood Park:
Norwood Park is a 33 acre park in South London
It commands a great view across Dulwich to The City and Central London 7 miles (11 km) away. On a clear day it may even be possible to see the Alexandra Palace in North London.
History of Norwood Park:
It contains an excellent new playground complex for all ages up to teenage - including a small mini football (soccer) pitch. There is a One o'clock club for young children and carers and an impressive paddling pool (although currently not in use for much of the year) - however, there is an excellent one reasonably close by on Streatham Common.
Kennington Park
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Location: A3, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7926 9000
Kennington Park:
Kennington Park is in Kennington in London, England, and lies between Kennington Park Road and St Agnes Place. It was opened in 1854. Previously the site had been Kennington Common. This is where the Chartists gathered for their biggest 'monster rally' on 10 April 1848. Soon after this demonstration the common was enclosed and, sponsored by the royals, made into a public park.
Kennington Common was a site of public executions until 1800 as well as being an area for public speaking. Some of the most illustrious orators to speak here were Methodist founders George Whitefield and John Wesley who is reputed to have attracted a crowd of 30,000.
The common was one of the earliest London cricket venues and is known to have been used for major cricket matches in 1724.[1] Kennington Park hosts the first inner London community cricket ground, sponsored by Surrey County Cricket Club whose home, The Oval, is close to the park.
In the 1970s, the old tradition of mass gatherings returned to the park which was host to the start of many significant marches to Parliament. Today, this tendency is opposed by a few locals who prefer the model of the Victorian Park. The Friends of Kennington Park, FoKP, provides a local forum for this struggle.
Jubilee Gardens
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Location: 1919 Belvedere Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 7202 6900
Jubilee Gardens:
Jubilee Gardens is a public park on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth. Created in 1977 to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the site was formerly used for the Dome of Discovery and the adjacent Skylon Tower during the Festival of Britain in 1951. A multi million pound redevelopment of the park was completed in May 2012, just before the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II and the 2012 Summer Olympics, in order to transform it from a state of grassland to a mature looking park with trees and hills. Queen Elizabeth II reopened the gardens in October 2012.
The park is the site of a memorial to the casualties of the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War, especially the British Battalion which took very heavy casualties. The park's neighbours are the London Eye, the Shell Centre, County Hall and the River Thames.
Brockwell Park
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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.
York Gardens
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Location: A3205, London, England, United Kingdom.
Wandsworth Park
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Location: Putney Bridge Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
Wandsworth Park:
Wandsworth Park is an urban park in the Putney district of London, England. It is one of two Grade II listed parks in Putney, the other being Battersea Park. The park is situated along the south bank of the River Thames and bordered to the south by Putney Bridge Road. To the west it backs on to offices on Deodar Road, Putney. At the other end there is a large complex of flats. On the opposite side of the river is the Hurlingham Club. The park is 8 hectares in size and is home to over 350 trees of many different species. Putney Sculpture Trail is in the park.
History of Wandsworth Park:
Wandsworth Park was purchased for £33,000 in 1898 by London County Council, Wandsworth District Board, and by public subscription. The land was previously allotment gardens. It was designed and constructed under the supervision of Lt Col John James Sexby, the first Parks Superintendent for the London County Council.[2] The design is dominated by a 3.5 hectare playing field in the centre of the park surrounded by an oval path. The south east corner has a more ornamental design, and an avenue of trees form the northern edge along the river. The design has remained largely unchanged since its construction. The park was formally opened on Saturday 28 February 1903. A bowling green, pavilion, and tennis courts were added in the 1920s.
Wimbledon Park
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Location: Wimbledon Park Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 8545 3677
Wimbledon Park:
Wimbledon Park is the name of an urban park in Wimbledon and also of the suburb south and east of the park and the Wimbledon Park tube station. The park itself is 27 hectares (67 acres) in area.[1] The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is immediately to the west of the park. Wimbledon Park should not be confused with the much larger and better known Wimbledon Common, further to the west up the hill.
History of Wimbledon Park:
The original park comprised part of the grounds of Wimbledon House, the seat of the manor of Wimbledon, situated on the hill to the south, near St Mary's Church, Wimbledon the old parish church of Wimbledon. A series of owners enlarged the park northwards and eastwards. By the 19th century it was at its largest extent, and one of the homes of the Earls Spencer, lords of the manor. The park had been landscaped in the 18th century by Capability Brown when the lake was formed by constructing a dam across a brook that flows from the springline near Wimbledon Common down to the River Wandle in Earlsfield.
In 1846, the 4th Earl Spencer sold the estate and house to John Augustus Beaumont a property developer who laid out new roads and sold plots of land for house building. Two roads still bear his name today - Augustus Road and Beaumont Road. Development of the area was slow at first, but continued throughout the second half of the 19th century, gradually nibbling away at the parkland.
The modern park was purchased by the Borough of Wimbledon just before the First World War and is, with its ornamental lake, the grounds of the Wimbledon Club and Wimbledon Golf Course, the only remnant of the former, larger park. Late in the 20th century the London Borough of Merton sold on the Golf Course to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, leaving just the public park and the lake in its ownership.
Wandsworth Common
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Location: Bolingbroke Grove / Honeywell Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 20 8871 6000
Wandsworth Common:
Wandsworth common is a public common in Wandsworth, south London. It is close to Clapham Common and Wandsworth Common railway station. It is wholly in the London borough of Wandsworth. It is 69.43 hectares (171.6 acres)[1] and is maintained and regulated by Wandsworth Council. Wandsworth Common railway station is located at the junction of Bellevue Road, St. James's Drive and Nightingale Lane and broadly divides the common up into two strips on the West and East side. A footbridge crosses the railway approximately halfway along the length of the open part of the common.
History of Wandsworth Common:
There is a large area to the east of the train line, which is mainly used for competitive sports (mostly football, touch rugby and rounders). There are a number of ponds and a lake, which can be used for fishing (with a permit). The lake is partially fenced off for the benefit of bird life, while other areas feature wooden pedestrian board walks, or open water's edge access. A small brick bridge crosses over the lake's waters at one point, connecting two pedestrian pathways.
Facilities include an educational centre in an area dedicated to wildlife known locally as 'The Scope' (named after the Craig telescope, which was once the largest refracting telescope in the world). There are also tennis courts, a bowling green and a cafe bar in the grounds, named 'Common Ground'. A fitness trail has been developed and the Common is popular with local runners, dog walkers and cyclists.
Houses on the Wandsworth (SW18) side are in what is known as the 'Toast Rack' and are large Victorian semis and detached homes, some with blue plaques denoting notable residents who previously lived there. One prominent former resident commemorated in this fashion is the British prime minister David Lloyd George.
Many retail outlets along Bellevue Road are of a premium but independent 'boutique' format (these include clothing shops, a bookstore, an art dealer and a gentlemen's gift shop), surrounded by up-market Victorian/Edwardian housing. There are a number of independently owned coffee shops/cafes as well as estate agencies and chain outlets, such as Caffe Nero and a convenience store. The Bellevue Pharmacy has operated for many years. Notable restaurants include the Michelin 'Starred' Chez Bruce. There is a large public house, 'The Hope' near to Wandsworth Common railway station, which attracts many customers from the common.
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