2013

TQ3377 : The Bench, Southwark Rugby Club, Burgess Park Sportsground

taken 11 years ago, near to Bermondsey, Southwark, England

The Bench, Southwark Rugby Club, Burgess Park Sportsground
The Bench, Southwark Rugby Club, Burgess Park Sportsground
Burgess Park, in inner South East London, is unusual as it is a large park created on a "brownfield" site.

The area was previously occupied by streets, houses and light industry as well as a branch of the Surrey Canal. Plans to create a park here started in the 1940s. At the time, there was very little green open space in this part of inner city London.

The park gradually grew, but in rather haphazard fashion with decaying, abandoned roads still cutting into the park. In 2011-2012 the park closed for about a year so that major work could be done to regenerate the park.

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Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure Park and Public Gardens Suburb, Urban fringe Flat landscapes Postcode Area: SE5 Place: London Burgess Park other tags: Public Park Sports Ground Seats Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ3377, 332 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 25 August, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 23 March, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3365 7784 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.0238N 0:4.5968W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3365 7785
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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