Northbrook Park

, gifted Ten-Acre Field to public use in 1898, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. despite actually only being in size. After the Local Government Act 1888 the field with the rest of Lee became part of the County of London in 1889 which was created that year. In 1897 the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated, the following year in 1898 Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook offered the land for public use to commemorate the Jubilee. on 14 March 1903 and named Northbrook Park after Thomas Baring's title. Later that year, in May 1903, an engraved sundial was erected at the front of the park, near the path between the two gates, to mark the gift of the land by Lord…

Northbrook Park is a public park in Grove Park, currently managed by Glendale Grounds Management for the London Borough of Lewisham. The park is roughly 9 acre in size, approximately wide east to west and around long north to south. There is a straight concrete path joining the two gated entrances on Baring Road, and a long circular concrete path that surrounds the large central field. that is now used as a dog exercise area. South of this is a triangular piece of overgrown wooded ground with dirt paths cutting through it, this area used to be allotments and was not part of the original park grounds, it is now set aside as a forest school area. Just off the southwest corner of the central…