Maryon Park

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Maryon Park, London

Maryon Park is in Charlton, London, situated on the A206 Woolwich Road (the opposite side to the Thames Barrier)

The park includes Cox's Mount, which was used by the Romans as a hill fort, which was discovered in 1915. In the 1850s, Cox's Mount was used to help ships on the nearby River Thames adjust their compasses.

Charlton sandpits, which were originally part of an area known as Hanging Wood, were presented to the London County Council in 1891 by the Maryon-Wilson family, and one of the pits became Maryon Park. The park contains grassland, with hawkweed, gorse and broom.

Maryon Park was the setting for Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup, and the park is little-changed since the making of that film.

The park has hard tennis courts, a basketball court and a children's play area. The Capital Ring walk and the Green Chain Walk both pass through the park.

Next to the park is Gilbert's Pit, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and to the south is the similarly-named Maryon Wilson Park.