The pocket park, laid out in the 1820s by George Scott during a housing boom, was originally private but has been publicly accessible for over a century. The housing development surrounding it was completed by the late 1830s, featuring homes designed to a master plan. A dispute over the park's future in 1903 led to significant community effort to keep it as a garden, resulting in a deal between the local and London County Councils to purchase the land, ensuring its preservation as a public park.
This rectangular garden, originally including a well and an engine house, has transformed over decades from private ownership into a cherished public park.
Local residents fought passionately against the development of housing on the park's land, leading to a successful effort that preserved this crucial green space for community use.
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