Burgess Park
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Burgess Park is one of the largest public parks in South London. Located between Camberwell and Walworth it was created out of the Abercrombie Plan.
In the 19th century, most of area currently covered by Burgess Park was full of streets, houses and industrial buildings, some built alongside the Grand Surrey Canal, which ended at Addington Wharf on Walworth Road. Behind Chumleigh Gardens was a ginger beer factory.
Unlike most public parks, it was made in stages after World War II on the site of the former industrial area, which suffered heavy bomb damage in 1940. Named Burgess Park in 1973 (after Councillor Jessie Burgess, Camberwell's first woman Mayor), it is still not complete and contains some former roads which have been stopped up but not yet grassed over.
It contains a few listed buildings - a lime kiln, the library, baths and wash houses and the former almshouses in Chumleigh Gardens.
It is currently managed by the London Borough of Southwark.
External link
- Facilities in Burgess Park (http://www.southwark.gov.uk/OurServices/ParksSection/AZParks/Burgess.html)