Triangle Adventure Playground

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The Triangle Adventure Playground
Type Adventure playground
Location Oval, south London
Nearest cityLondon
Coordinates 51°28′56″N0°06′58″W / 51.482258°N 0.116088°W / 51.482258; -0.116088 Coordinates: 51°28′56″N0°06′58″W / 51.482258°N 0.116088°W / 51.482258; -0.116088
Website Official website

The Triangle Adventure Playground is an Adventure playground that has operated in Oval, in south London since 1957. It is the oldest adventure playground in London that is still located on its original site. [1]

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History

The Triangle Adventure Playground was established in 1957 by Marjorie Porter (1907-2009), [note 1] Marjory Allen, and the London Council. [2] Unlike many other adventure playgrounds established following the Second World War, the Triangle Adventure Playground was never a bombsite. [2] It was established on land set aside for the Ashmole Primary School, which had been cleared as part of a program of 'slum clearance'.

Notes

  1. ↑ Further information about Marjorie Porter can be found in her autobiography, I Was Different: A Long Life in Education (2005, Propagator Press) and her papers in National Co-operative Archive.


References

  1. ↑ Grant, Harriet (July 19, 2017). "'Junk play': urban adventure playgrounds hit by austerity". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 "History: from grand kids to grand parents, three generations of play". Triangle Adventure Playground. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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