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Brickfields Meadow is a meadow in Woodside in the London Borough of Croydon. It is located on the former site of a brickworks in Tennison Road and Dickensons Lane.[1] The meadow covers an area of about 4.37 hectares.[2] The meadow is not very well known to residents on Tennison Road, as the entrance is very secluded, beyond an EDF Energy transformer. The meadow includes: large pond where fishing is allowed, dipping platform, Buddleia Valley, grassland and woodland planting, small woodland area, and a children's play area which includes a mini maze and roundabout.[3]
Brickfields Meadow is the site of the defunct Woodside brickworks which the Council was able to take control of as a planning gain in the early 1990s.[4] The site was previously operated as a brickworks by Edward Mayhew in the early 19th century, and later by Handleys and then Hall & Co Brickworks from 1915 to 1974.[5] The meadow is somewhat unkempt, with an amount of rubbish scattered around the deep pond, filled with cloudy brown water. A community group has been formed to try to maintain the park and raise funds.[6]
Heavers Meadow, also located on Tennison Road, is not as big as Brickfields Meadow.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Brickfields Meadow". Croydon Council. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Brickfields Meadow". GiGL. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Parks & Places". SouthNorwood.net. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Brickfields Meadow". Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "An Urban Oasis". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
External links
[edit]- Map of the meadow
- Croydon Parks and open spaces
- Brickfields Meadow on Wikimapia
- Croydon Online History
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