Inventory Site Record

This small recreation ground is on former farmland acquired by Croydon Board of Health in 1905 and laid out as a public park by 1911. It was once part of the Ashburton Estate owned by the Baring family. The estate mansion used to be situated at the corner of Addiscombe Road and Northampton Road. The estate farmhouse was also on Addiscombe Road with a farmtrack alongside it known as Love Lane.

Site location:

Northhampton Road/Bingham Road/Fryston Avenue, Addiscombe

Postcode:

CR0 7HR

What 3 Words:

enable.amused.cover

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Croydon

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

8am Mon-Fri/9am weekends - dusk

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Children's playground, toilets, football pitches, tennis courts, basketball court

Events:

Public transport:

Rail: East Croydon then bus/tram. Tram Route 2: Addiscombe.

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Research updated:

01/12/2008

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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Addiscombe Recreation Ground is a small recreation ground dating from 1911 largely laid to grass and is now completely surrounded by houses. The land was acquired in 1905 by Croydon Board of Health under the 1875 Public Health Act and was previously farmland, like much of Croydon until development for housing changed the landscape dramatically from the early C20th. The site is shown on Thomas Bainbridge's Map of Croydon of 1800 as two fields belonging to A Adair Esq. It was at one time part of the Ashburton Estate, the country home of the Barings, who were heirs of the Barony of Ashburton. The estate mansion had been situated at the corner of Addiscombe Road and Northampton Road, and the estate farmhouse was also on Addiscombe Road with a farmtrack alongside it known as Love Lane.

Sources consulted:

MA Winterman, 'Croydon's Parks: Aan illustrated history' (LB Croydon, 1988), p8; LB Croydon, 'Local List of Historic Parks & Gardens', December 2008

Grid ref:

TQ343660 (534370,166050)

Size in hectares:

3.24

Site ownership:

LB Croydon

Site management:

Parks and Open Spaces

Date(s):

1911

Designer(s):

Borough Engineer

Listed structures:

None

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

No

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

Yes

In Conservation Area:

No

Tree Preservation Order:

No

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

Local Open Land