Victoria Park

Description

In 1840 the Commission of Woods and Forests gave authorisation for Victoria Park to be created as a 'Memorial to the Sovereign' on an area of 77 ha, previously used as brick fields, market gardens, gravel pits and farmland. It was designed by James Pennethorne, who was also responsible for Battersea Park, and what became Finsbury Park. The original layout included a carriage drive around the perimeter, with belts of trees along most boundaries and numerous areas of formal displays.