1.92 hectares (5 acres), (3.6 hectares (9 acres) including River Ravensbourne)
Created
1880 (1880) with additions in 1920s, '50s and '90s.
Operated by
London Borough of Lewisham
Open
8am-sunset
Status
Open year round
Website
lewisham.gov.uk
Brookmill Park, formerly known as Ravensbourne Park, is a small public park and nature reserve located in Deptford and is in the London Borough of Lewisham. It runs parallel to Brookmill Road and the River Ravensbourne. It is located between Deptford Bridge and Elverson Road on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).
BrookmillPark, formerly known as Ravensbourne Park, is a small public park and nature reserve located in Deptford and is in the London Borough of Lewisham...
spaces in the area, the largest being BrookmillPark, Deptford Park, Ferranti Park, Pepys Park and Sayes Court Park. In 1884 William John Evelyn, a descendant...
and Milford Towers, which would require demolition of both plus the car parks and associated buildings along Thomas Lane. However, attempts to regenerate...
School playing field was added. Other nearby parks include Manor House Gardens and Manor Park to the east. The Park Fever Hospital (latterly Hither Green Hospital)...
then flows north into Deptford, forming the northeastern border of BrookmillPark. The Docklands Light Railway closely follows this stretch from Lewisham...
Green 261 to Locksbottom via Grove Park and Bromley 273 to Petts Wood via Grove Park and Chislehurst 284 to Grove Park via Catford 321 to Foots Cray via...
and green spaces in South East London – including Ladywell Fields and BrookmillPark – while following the Pool and Ravensbourne rivers. The route was designed...
(1852–1929), author of The Red Flag, lived at 22a Stondon Park (which is on the border of Crofton Park and Honor Oak) from 1915–1929. He wrote the anthem while...
Deptford and Horn Park), the London Borough of Bromley to the south (where the border runs between Horn Park and Crystal Palace Park), and the London Borough...
nearby and now gives its name to a road on a 1930s housing estate. Crofton Park railway station was built nearby in 1892 by the London, Chatham and Dover...
parishes of St. James, Hatcham along with its school, and All Saints, Hatcham Park). The earliest reference to Hatcham is the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hacheham...
dance and musical events. The current building was originally the Crofton Park Picture Palace which opened in July 1913. It was designed by Henley Attwater...
and Ahmet Salih lived in Catford Jim Connell (socialist) lived in Crofton Park and Honor Oak Jean Cooke RA (artist) born in Blackheath Henry Cooper (heavyweight...
Mountsfield Park is a public park in Catford, near to Hither Green within the London Borough of Lewisham. It opened in 1905 and has since been greatly...
Crofton Park is a mainly residential suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is the original site of the former agricultural hamlet...
opened in 1866, but was originally named for Eltham. In the 1880s the West Park estate, housing intended for the middle class, was developed and St. Andrew's...
and a ward in the London Borough of Lewisham between Brockley, Crofton Park and Lewisham proper. It has ample green space including Ladywell Fields and...
Beckenham Place Park, Brookmill Road, Burnt Ash Pond, Dacres Wood, Downham Woodland Walk and Sue Godfrey Nature Park. Local parks There 45 parks in Lewisham. Apart...
Memorial Park are still in existence to the west of Excalibur. Other housing however separates Excalibur from the remaining parts of the park, so if returning...