South Norwood Recreation Ground
- South Norwood Recreation Ground
Infobox park
park=South Norwood Recreation Ground
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caption=The new Park sign at South Norwood Recreation Ground
type=Public park
location=South Norwood
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operator=London Borough of Croydon
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status=Open all year
South Norwood Recreation Ground is a park located in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon. This recreation ground was acquired by the council in 1889 and the Borough Road Surveyor estimated that it would cost £1,326. 19s. 6d. to lay out. Over a quarter of this cost was to put land drainage in which suggests that the site was quite wet [cite web |url=http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksrecreation/additionalitems/openspacesa-z/parkshistory/southnorwoodrechistory?a=5441
publisher=London Borough of Croydon |title=South Norwood Recreation Ground History |accessdate=2007-03-07] The recreation ground includes a sports area, football pitches, tennis court, floodlit courts, bowling green with pavilion and a children's playground.
The park has the area of 14 acres and 5.67 hectares [cite web |url=http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksrecreation/additionalitems/openspacesa-z/southnorwoodrec |title=South Norwood Recreation Ground |publisher=London Borough of Croydon |accessdate=2007-03-07]
References
ee also
*List of Parks and Open Spaces in Croydon
*South Norwood Library
*Brickfields Meadow
*Heavers Meadow
*South Norwood Country Park
*South Norwood Lake and Grounds
External links
* [http://www.croydononline.org/history/places/parks_and_open_spaces/snorwoodrec.asp Croydon Online History]
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