2013
TQ3377 : Surrey Canal Path, east end of Burgess Park, seen from Hill Street Bridge
taken 12 years ago, near to Camberwell, Southwark, England
Surrey Canal Path, east end of Burgess Park, seen from Hill Street Bridge
The whole bridge is seen in Malc MacDonald's TQ3377 : Canal bridge, Willowbrook Road.
Burgess Park
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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- Grid Square
- TQ3377, 336 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Stott (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 26 August, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 24 June, 2014
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 3393 7748 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:28.8257N 0:4.3632W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 3394 7745
- View Direction
- North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
