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Eltham has an unusually high quotient of green space, with large areas of woodland to the north and east, including the historic woodland of Shooters Hill and Oxleas Wood, the Woodlands Farm community holding, Eltham Parks north and south and extensive parkland heading into Avery Hill park.
The area the park now occupies was previously the southern part of the Horn Park, one of three parks belonging to Eltham Manor, later called Eltham Palace. [1] The historic Horn Park was also known as West Horne [1] [2] and Lee Park; [1] it was the westernmost of Eltham Manor's parks, and slightly closer to Lee, than Eltham.
Eltham Common is a park and area of common land in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Forming an approximate triangle between Well Hall Road and Shooter's Hill, it is part of a larger continuous area of woodland and parkland on the south side of Shooter's Hill: other parts are Jack Wood, Castle Wood, Oxleas Meadows, Falconwood Field, Oxleas Wood and Eltham Park North.
[21] [22] There were three parks belonging to Eltham Manor named, Middle Park, West Horne Park and Great Park. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Great Park was the easternmost of Eltham Manor's Parks, it was around 1.3 km (0.81 mi) long north to south following the road south of Eltham, about 0.5 km (0.31 mi) wide east to west, and was a wooded park with a lake at ...
Avery Hill Park is one of 11 parks throughout Greater London chosen to receive money for redevelopment by a public vote. The park received £400,000 towards better footpaths, more lighting, refurbished public toilets and new play areas for children.
Sutcliffe Park is a 16.7-hectare (41-acre) public park in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is located west of Eltham town centre, east of Lee Green, north of Horn Park and south of Kidbrooke.
Horn Park was one of three parks attached to Eltham Palace. The area was heavily wooded and was stocked with deer until the destruction of both during the English Civil War. [5] The park became farmland until 1936 when the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich began the construction of the Horn Park Estate.
[9] [10] A larger area including Eltham Common is designated a Local Nature Reserve called Oxleas/Shooters Hill Woodlands. [11] [12] The site covers most of the top of Shooters Hill (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich). There is an underground water reservoir in the grassed area called Oxleas Meadow. This serves the local area with water.