2018

TQ3377 : Burgess Park, summer 2018

taken 6 years ago, near to Camberwell, Southwark, England

Burgess Park, summer 2018
Burgess Park, summer 2018
June and July 2018 were marked by a prolonged spell of hot and dry weather, particularly in south east England.

Little or no rain had fallen for 8 weeks when this image was taken, while temperatures had soared into the high 20s and 30s day after day. In London's parks, green grass had given way to a dry, parched landscape.

This image was taken in Burgess Park, in inner south east London, on the morning of 27th July. Later that day, much-needed rain finally arrived.
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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Geographical Context: Park and Public Gardens Suburb, Urban fringe Air, Sky, Weather Place: Burgess Park South East London Near: Peckham Walworth Camberwell Primary Subject: Park other tags: Heatwave Dry Grass Park Summer 2018 Hot Weather Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · South London [25] · Summer 2018 [6] Title Clusters: · Burgess Park, summer 2018 [6] ·
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TQ3377, 332 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Malc McDonald   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 27 July, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 29 July, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3343 7782 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.0161N 0:4.7872W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3343 7780
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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