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Bermondsey www.southwark.gov.uk/parks Southwark Park trail

Stop 01 Stop 02 Stop 03 Stop 05 Stop 06 Stop 08 Stop 09 Bandstand Drinking fountain Wildlife garden Ada Salter garden Trees with knees Blue fountain Children’s playground Welcome to Southwark Leaving the bandstand, Follow the map to the Walk to the Ada Salter Leave the garden and look The next stop is the blue Walk to the playground, Park, the first municipal walk towards the bowling wildlife garden. Southwark garden. Alfred (1873-1945) out for the Swamp Cypress fountain by the children’s which if you have young park in opened on green, you will come to a Park is home to many plants and Ada Salter (1866-1942) tree to the left of the lake. playground. This is all that children in your family, will 19 June 1869 an important drinking fountain memorial and animals including a rare were active in getting health These trees have distinctive remains of the swimming be the place to stop for a landmark in London’s to Jabez West, a member bat, Leisler’s bat recently care for local working class ‘knees’, scientists are still pool built in 1923. Outdoor while to play. Grace Kimmins history. Renowned novelists of the local temperance discovered in the park. people to alleviate extreme debating their function. lidos used to be a familiar (1871-1954) the driving force Charles Dickens and George society. It is said to be There are five bat species poverty and ill-health they See how many different sight in parks all over behind the Guild of Play, Orwell wrote about parts of the first public memorial found in Southwark. witnessed in the area. Ada water birds you can find. London. Take some time to felt that education should Bermondsey and in London dedicated to became a member of the In the 1890s there was visit the free art gallery in the not just be schools and in their books. a working man and was Stop 04 London County Council an aviary with many birds old lido café building. On timetables but ‘invade all This trail begins at the erected by public donation. Garden plots beautification committee including yellow buntings, the side of this building is a public playing-spaces, parks Christchurch Gate entrance On the way to the wildlife A short distance from the and instigated the building linnets and jays. plaque dedicated to famous and open places’. Remember on Jamaica Road. Walk to garden you’ll pass the wildlife garden to the side of of this garden. There are cricketer Bobby Abel who this as you walk round the the elegant bandstand. A bowling green where the café you will find garden many interesting plants and Stop 07 regularly played cricket here. park exploring the sights classic feature of Victorian Southwark Park Bowls plots. Before the park it is a peaceful place Public right to meet and sounds of nature with Club was formed in 1908. to sit and reflect. your children. parks, this is a replica of one was built market gardens Look across the sports of a pair bought from the occupied much of the land. pitches to the China Hall Royal Horticultural Society During World War 2 the entrance. The London Stop 10 by the Local County Council “dig for victory” campaign plane tree you can see in Ceramic collage in 1899. View the narrow encouraged the growing the distance marks the area Before you leave the park avenues of London plane of vegetables in parks. where the “public right at the Gomm Gate entrance to meet” was designated. trees which replaced earlier Today this tradition take a moment to look at Before 1883 ordinary plans for building plots which continues with the the ceramic collage on the people could not hold local people campaigned young people’s side of the café. against. The trees that you garden plots you can political public meetings and see would have been young see through the gates. unlawful gatherings were trees in the 19th Century. broken up by police. stop 02 stop 01 stop 04 stop 10 Postcard of drinking fountain Bandstand Young peoples mural Ceramic collage

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