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Mayow Park

Lewisham’s oldest municipal park, opened in 1878, with twenty veteran oaks standing in it.

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Opened on 1 June 1878 as Sydenham Recreation Ground, on land that had belonged to the Mayow family, and it is the oldest municipal park in the borough. More than twenty veteran pedunculate oaks stand in it, the best collection in Lewisham outside Beckenham Place Park. There is a cricket square, tennis courts, a meadow left to grow, and a café in the pavilion.

Where
Mayow Road, SE26 4NY
Nearest station
Sydenham · 5 min walk

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