Horn Park
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| Horn Park shown within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ408739 |
| • Charing Cross | 7.8 mi (12.6 km) NW |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | SE12 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Horn Park is an area of south east London south west of Eltham. It is located 12.5 km (7.8 mi) southeast of Charing Cross on the southwest edge of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and borders both the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Bromley. There is a public park also named Horn Park and two schools in the area. The River Quaggy flows northward though Horn Park, and the suburb is covered by the postcode district SE12, which was previously called the Lee postal district. There is community centre located in Horn Park Estate on Sibthorpe Road, that hosts a number of activities, such as Christian, council and MP meetings, and numerous classes including dance, karate and English.
Horn Park was one of three parks attached to Eltham Palace. The area was heavily wooded and was stocked with deer until the destruction of both during the English Civil War. The park became farmland until 1936 when the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich began the construction of the Horn Park Estate. The estate was not completed until the 1950s, with work being interrupted by World War II.
An old manor named Horne was recorded on the land in 1242, and later the area was recorded as park of Horn in 1481.Horn Park appears as a named place in a 1762 map by Emanuel Bowen, and an Ordnance Survey map from 1805. The Old English word Horn refers to a 'projecting horn-shaped piece of land'.
There is a public park, also named Horn Park, located in the south of the Horn Park area. The park is bordered by and has entrances on Winn Road to the south, Alnwick Road to the north, and Gavestone Road to the northwest, which continues though the park, although is closed to regular traffic. Horn Park Primary School is located adjacent to the park, on the north side, next to some public allotments. The park is mostly grassland, crossed with paths and lined with trees located on a hill, the west side being the higher ground; the City of London and the Isle of Dogs developments can be seen from the park. On the north side of the park near the primary school, there is a play area, this has been rebuilt several times. At present it contains a children's playground, a floodlit ball court, an outdoor gym and a small skatepark, when the site was constructed in the early 2000s it was the first skatepark in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Before this was constructed the park contained an older children's playground and ball court on the same site. Gavestone Road that runs through the park is shown on old Ordnance Survey maps from the mid twentieth century to have previously had terraced houses with gardens all the way along, and the park was then narrower, these houses have since been demolished, making the park wider. Today it's just a paved track, running from one park gate to another passed Allotments, and the playground, it is gated off and closed to normal traffic, but is used by council, maintenance and emergency vehicles.
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