Putney Park Lane is an unmade road and public urban park in the London Borough of Wandsworth between Putney and Roehampton town centres.
Putney Park Lane is an unmade road and public urban park in the London Borough of Wandsworth between Putney and Roehampton town centres.
The lane is an unmade road owned and managed by Wandsworth Borough Council, it is gated at both ends and runs alongside a public road with the same name. [1] It spans from Upper Richmond road at the north end to Putney Heath at the south end and is 1,683 metres long, [2] with an area of 0.9ha. [3] The lane is in the Wandsworth Archaeological Priority Area [4] and runs along the edge of the Dover House Estate Conservation Area. [5]
Putney Park Lane dates from the 18th century, its entrance lodges at the gates to the Upper Richmond Road and Putney Heath still stand and there are remnants of other former entrances along the lane. [6] The Putney Park estate was a large working deer park first recorded in archives in 1274, the house of which is thought to have been on The Pleasance area which the lane bends around [7]
Halfway up on the east side of the Lane is St Margaret's Church, a former Baptist and then Presbyterian chapel, which was consecrated into the Church of England in 1912. In 2021 the lane area by the church will be restored to prevent flooding. [8]
In The Pleasance there is a natural playground including logs, stepping stones and swings. [9]
The Lane is a Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation [10] and provides a wildlife corridor between Putney Heath and the Putney Lower Common area. [11]
There are mature trees and large Hollies [12] and the grassland areas have a variety of wayside flowers such as pellitory-of-the-wall and yellow corydalis, there is also regenerating elm scrub where the rare white-letter hairstreak butterfly has been recorded. [13] In The Pleasance area stag beetles and hedgehogs have been recorded. [14]
The park is served by Transport for London buses 74, 85, 170, 337, 424 which stop on the Upper Richmond road or Putney Heath, Barnes railway station (Southwestern Railway) is a 10 minute walk from the north gate of the lane.
There is an ubitricity electric car charging station on Cortis road, on the eastern side of the Lane. [15]
Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross it also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the 200-acre (0.81 km2) Battersea Park.
Putney is an affluent district of south-west London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, five miles southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Roehampton is an area in southwest London, in the Putney SW15 postal district, and takes up a far western strip, running north to south, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the University of Roehampton.
Wandsworth is a London borough in South West London, England. It forms part of Inner London and has an estimated population of 329,677 inhabitants. Its main communities are Battersea, Balham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth Town.
Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London. There are three named areas: Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath, and Putney Lower Common, which together are managed under the name Wimbledon and Putney Commons totalling 460 hectares. Putney Lower Common is set apart from the rest of the Common by a minimum of 1 mile of the built-up western end of Putney.
Putney Lower Common is an open parkland space in the London Borough of Wandsworth between the town centres of Putney and Barnes. It is part of Wimbledon and Putney Commons, lying 1.5 miles from the rest of the common area.
Putney Vale is a small community in south west London. It lies between Richmond Park and Wimbledon Common, to the east of Beverley Brook and Kingston Vale. Its main features are a housing estate, a superstore and a large cemetery. The A3 dual carriageway runs through it.
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Green space in central London consists of five of the capital's eight Royal Parks, supplemented by a number of small garden squares scattered throughout the city centre. Open space in the rest of the region is dominated by the remaining three Royal Parks and many other parks and open spaces of a range of sizes, run mainly by the local London boroughs, although other owners include the National Trust and the City of London Corporation.
Putney Pier is a pier on the River Thames at Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Putney School of Art and Design (PSAD) is an art college in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Wandsworth Park is a Grade II listed public urban park on the banks of the River Thames in the London Borough of Wandsworth, situated between Putney and Wandsworth town centres.
Putney Old Burial Ground is a public urban park and former cemetery in the London Borough of Wandsworth near Putney town centre.
Putney Library is a Grade II listed public library in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Brandlehow Primary School is in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, the building was designed by Ernő Goldfinger and is Grade II listed.
The Green Man is a public house in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, on the edge of Putney Heath, parts of which date back to around 1700. The pub was once frequented by highwaymen and was a popular place for participants to fortify themselves before or after a duel on nearby Putney Heath.
Putney Lower Common Cemetery is a cemetery on the edge of the London Borough of Wandsworth between Putney and Barnes town centres.
Leader's Gardens is a public urban park on the banks of the River Thames in the London Borough of Wandsworth, between Putney and Barnes town centres.
Putney Pocket Park is a public pocket park in the London Borough of Wandsworth near to Putney town centre.
Putney Leisure Centre is a public sports complex in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
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