HomePutting the pride into our parks
We asked you to tell us how you wanted to see our parks improved - you told us, we listened and the improvements have been outlined.
Improvements to nine parks across the borough are set to be made following a huge public consultation to find out where people wanted £1.5m to be spent.
More than 11,000 people took part in the survey to decide which of the borough's 127 parks and open spaces should get a share of the windfall.
Nine parks - three each in the north, south and centre of the borough - were eventually chosen.
Then decisions about what the money should be used to buy were made after hundreds of ideas were submitted by residents.
The winning parks include Wandle Park, which, as well as benefiting from a number of improvements following the council's Parks To Be Proud Of initiative, also secured the second highest number of votes in the Mayor London's Help a London Park.
Improving parks is one of the key priorities residents identified in feedback to the council last year.
The parks belong to the people of Croydon and they are there for your enjoyment - so we wanted you to decide which parks to invest into, and what equipment to put in them.
That's why we launched Parks To Be Proud Of - which has seen 8,000 of you vote for the parks you want to see improved and will eventually result in you deciding what improvements are made.
Norbury Park
"Norbury Park is potentially a great local space which currently has a games court and playground."
You voted - we will provide
- Improvements to the play area
- Provision of kiosk space
- A new wildflower meadow
- A new community garden
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Thornton Heath Recreation Ground
"With an active friends' group, the park runs alongside Norbury Brook and is at the heart of the northern part of the borough."
You voted - we will provide
- Improvements to the play area
- Improved sports facilities
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Wandle Park
"With the second highest number of votes in London for the Mayor of London's 'Help a London park' campaign, there are active plans to bring the river back to the surface once again and transform the park with a range of new facilities."
You voted - we will provide
- Reinstate the river Wandle
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
South Norwood Country Park
"The country park is a 125-acre nature reserve on the border with Bromley. It has a visitors' centre, new children's play area, an 18-hole pitch and putt golf course, a dedicated team of countryside wardens."
You voted - we will provide
- Improve the visitor centre experience with new café
- New landscaping works and picnic area
- Encouraging biodiversity including bat and bird boxes and beehives
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Lloyd Park
"At the centre of the borough this popular, large park has a number of existing facilities, including a new sports pavilion, a disk golf course, a bowling green and a range of sporting facilities."
You voted - we will provide
- Improvements to the play area
- A new picnic area
- Improvements to the pond
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Milne Park & Addington Vale
"Two parks for the price of one, and situated in New Addington. Milne Park is home to the Kickz Project run by Crystal Palace Football Club. It currently has a bowling green, tennis courts, two ball games courts and pavilion."
You voted - we will provide
- Improvements to the play facilities
- A new creative natural play area
- A new wildflower meadow
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Waddon Ponds
"Home of extensive ponds centrally positioned in this hidden gem of a park - inhabited by a wide range of aquatic birds and surrounded by an ornamental garden."
You voted - we will provide
- Major repairs to the pond banks
- Refurbished toilets
- New mature shrubs
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Sanderstead Recreation Ground
"A former field belonging to Whitehorse farm, the park is located off Limpsfield Road. The recreation ground has a mini cycle track, sports pavilion and bowling green, as well as cricket and football pitches."
You voted - we will provide
- Improvements to the play facilities
- A new fitness/agility trail
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Coulsdon Memorial Ground
"Situated off Marlpit Lane the memorial ground has a children's play area, putting, bowls, tennis, basketball, cricket and football facilities - something for everyone."
You voted - we will provide
- Refurbishments to the café facilities
- A new outdoor gym
- The planting of mature shrubs
- New benches, spring bulb and tree planting
Contact Details
| Greenspaces | |
|---|---|
| Telephone | 020 8726 6900 |
| Fax | 020 8760 5622 |
| parks@croydon.gov.uk | |
| Address | Community Services 9th Floor Taberner House Park Lane Croydon CR9 3BT |
