Brockwell Park

Brockwell Park

A hut in Brockwell Park
Location London
Coordinates 51°27′03″N 0°06′27″W / 51.45083°N 0.10750°W / 51.45083; -0.10750
Area 50.8 hectares (126 acres)
Open All year

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.[2]

The park commands views of the skyline of the city and Central London. At the top of the hill within the park stands Brockwell Hall.

The Brockwell Lido, a Grade II listed art deco building near the top of the park, is an open-air swimming pool popular with swimmers and bathers.[3] Its attached café/restaurant is also popular. Other amenities in Brockwell Park include tennis courts, a bowling green, a BMX track and a miniature railway.[4]

The park is home to the Lambeth Country Show, which usually takes place in July.[5][6] An annual fireworks display also takes place around November 5.[7] There are two festivals held in Brockwell Park in the summer. Found Festival[8] and sunfall festival.[9]

Brockwell Park is open from 7.30am to 15 minutes before sunset every day.[10]

History

Brockwell Hall

The Grade II* listed Brockwell Hall[11] was 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, Bristowe died of a heart attack on the steps of the hall.

In 1901 the LCC acquired a further 43 acres (17 ha) of land north of the original park.[12] 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.

The skyline from the highest point in Brockwell Park

The park is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[13]

Sports facilities

Family facilities

The track of the miniature railway

Other features

The San Francisco band Red House Painters wrote a song about the park, named "Brockwell Park", for their 1995 album Ocean Beach.

Pop singer Adele told the Sun that she was not performing at music festivals in 2011, preferring "sitting in Brockwell Park with my friends, drinking cider."

Brockwell Park is the setting for the music video of 'Do Your Thing' by local band Basement Jaxx.

The park is a key location in Mo Hayder's crime novel The Treatment.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-09-26. page 4
  2. ↑ "Google Maps".
  3. ↑ "Brockwell Lido". Lambeth Council. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Lambeth Country Show, Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London 15 - 16 July 2006".
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  7. ↑ "Fireworks and Sex Pistols, Brixton, November 2007, Brixton, Lambeth, London SW9".
  8. ↑ "Found Festival 2016". Found Festival 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  9. ↑ "Sunfall". SUNFALL. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  10. 1 2 "Brockwell Park | Lambeth Council". www.lambeth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  12. ↑ http://www.brockwellpark.com/history/history.htm
  13. ↑ Historic England, "Brockwell Park (1000794)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 April 2017
  14. ↑ "Brockwell Lido - Fusion".
  15. ↑ "Brockwell parkrun - Brockwell parkrun".
  16. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  17. ↑ "Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Garden - Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses".
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