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2 days ago

London's Pocket Parks: Bate Street Green, Limehouse, E14

A pocket park in Limehouse was created in the 1980s following land clearance, reflecting the area's historical development and changes over time.
London politics
fromianVisits
1 week ago

London's Pocket Parks: Dibden Street Triangle, Islington, N1

The pocket park on Dibden Street has a complex history of development and changes in housing from the 1800s to the 1970s.
fromianVisits
3 weeks ago

London's Pocket Parks: Maytrees Rest Garden, Ealing, W5

Maytrees Garden Park, named after the former nursery, was compulsorily acquired by Ealing Council in 1953 to convert it into a recreation ground, despite initial plans for it to serve only the elderly.
London food
Environment
fromianVisits
2 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Essex Road Gardens, Barking, IG11

A small triangular pocket park near Barking town centre survived 20th-century development, was reduced by later housing, and was redesigned in 2010 with new paths and features.
Environment
fromianVisits
3 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Coronation Gardens, Southfields, SW18

Coronation Gardens is a historic, well-preserved 1903 pocket park in suburban London featuring Edwardian features, community wildlife planting, a restored fountain, and a playground.
UK news
fromianVisits
3 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Katherine Buchan Meadow, Hanwell, W7

A Hanwell pocket park transformed from lawn into an award-winning urban meadow through community-led redesign, historic charity support, reused rubble landscaping, and habitat improvements.
Remodel
fromianVisits
5 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Canalside Square, Islington, N1

A long rectangular pocket park beside Regents Canal was created during the Packington Estate regeneration, featuring a winding path, young trees, benches and a northern mosaic.
Real estate
fromianVisits
5 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Arlington Square, N1

A well-tended, historically restored pocket park in an 1850s Arlington Square retains original paving, mature planting, benches in niches, and is dog-free.
Design
fromianVisits
6 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Salutation Gardens, WC1

Salutation Gardens is a modern linear pocket park above Mount Pleasant Royal Mail car park, featuring raised planting, seating and ventilating red postbox structures.
Design
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6 months ago

Suan San Pocket Park / Shma Company Limited

Bangkok provides 7.49 square meters of green space per person and aims to reach 10 square meters per person by 2030.
London
fromianVisits
7 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Natural Dye and Wellbeing Garden, SE1

A rooftop pocket park at the National Theatre grows dye plants used to produce natural dyes for costumes, supporting sustainable theatre production.
fromianVisits
8 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: Jubilee Gardens, EC2

The park is situated on a road in the city called Houndsditch and was once part of the old Roman Wall that surrounded the city. The name is alleged to have originated from various sources, either the dumping of waste into the ditch that ran along the outside of the wall, resulting in numerous dogs scavenging for food, or perhaps that kennels for the City hunt used to be located here.
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London
fromianVisits
1 year ago

London's Pocket Parks: St Thomas's Recreation Ground, E9

Hackney's hidden pocket park was once a graveyard, showcasing a unique historical transition from burial site to public space.
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