Inventory Site Record

The site for the park was once part of Tamworth Farm and was donated by the Tamworth Trust. Tamworth Farm Recreation Ground opened in 1926 and is still protected by the Trust. The park had a railed and hedged area of planting along the front boundary to London Road, with roses and trees, and there was a bowling green adjacent, no longer in use. New facilities have been laid out since 2004. The park is backed by allotments that are included in the site.

Site location:

London Road

Postcode:

CR4

What 3 Words:

bank.noises.took

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Merton

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

8am - dusk (weekdays); 9am - dusk (weekends, bank holidays)

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Play areas, paddling pools, tennis and ball court, café, toilets, car park

Events:

Public transport:

Rail: Tooting then bus. Bus: 127, 201

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Research updated:

01/02/2005

Last minor changes:

21/03/2025

Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.merton.gov.uk/environment/openspaces/parks/parks_in_the_mitcham_area

Tamworth Recreation Ground flanks London Road, which was a toll road into London. Up until the early C20th the area remained open land surrounding Figges Marsh (q.v) with some housing constructed south of Tooting Junction station to the north  of the common by 1911 (OS Surrey VII.16 25 ins Edition of 1913, surveyed 1864-6, revised 1911). By the 1930s the area was largely built up, with London Road Cemetery (q.v.) laid out and Tamworth Recreation Ground marked on the OS Map (Surrey VII.16 25 ins Edition of 1935, revised 1934). 

Sources consulted:

Grid ref:

TQ278699 (527850,169950)

Size in hectares:

2.49

Site ownership:

LB Merton through Tamworth Trust

Site management:

Leisure and Culture Services

Date(s):

1926

Designer(s):

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:

No

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:

Public Open Space