Ruskin Park

Ruskin Park is park in the London Borough of Lambeth, London, England, close to Camberwell, Loughborough Junction and Herne Hill.

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Type	Public park
Location	Denmark Hill, Lambeth, London SE5, England.
Coordinates	51°27′53″N 0°05′37″W
Area	36 acres (15 ha)
Created	2 February 1907 (1907-02-02)
Status	Open all year

At the start of the 20th century local residents successfully campaigned for a new public park on 24 acres of land on Denmark Hill, and it opened to the public on 2 February 1907. The park was laid out by the notable parks designer Lt. Colonel J.J. Sexby. In 1910 Ruskin Park was enlarged by the addition of a further 12 acres (5 ha) to the south west.

The park is named after John Ruskin (1819–1900), a poet, writer and a major champion of diverse green spaces as well as of the Arts and Crafts movement, who lived nearby from 1823 to 1871. He gives his name equally to a college, museum and square.[1]

During World War I, recruits of the 21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) based at nearby Flodden Road in Camberwell, trained in the park.[2]

Ruskin Park is open from 7.00am to 15 minutes before sunset every day.

References

1. "Ruskin Park". Lambeth Council. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
2. Anon, A War Record of the 21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1914–1919, 1927/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2003, ISBN 1-843426-19-6.

Named after John Ruskin who lived with his wife Effie in Denmark Hill