monument, restaurant/bar, public realm/landscape, garden
Unknown , 1898
Central Park Road, E6 3HW
The park opened in 1898. 7,000 attended the event, enjoying refreshments and speeches stressing the importance of creating resources for children. The walkways, fountain, bowling green, war memorial and cafe were incorporated over time.
East Ham
474, 115, 101
Between 1851 and 1911, East Ham’s population had grown from 1,737 to 133,487, driven by the arrival of the railways in 1858 and a search for jobs around the Royal Albert Docks, Victoria Docks and the Beckton Gasworks. In an attempt to counterbalance this urban invasion of what had formerly been grazing land, John Harvey Bethell – first mayor of East Ham Borough – united with William H. Savage, the district surveyor for East Ham, and local landowner Col. Ynyr Henry Burges, Lord of the Manor and owner of Rancliffe House, to create Central Park.
Seventeen acres of land around Rancliffe house were bought for £8,500 and then another eight acres for £4,000. The development also included a large number of houses designed for clerks and skilled workers.
This year the Old Fire Station is joining forces with Central Park Cafe, to launch a pop-up art exhibition by local artists and short movies. Please come along and join us in this beautifully restored Grade II Listed Building
Drop in
event, community/cultural, art studio
This is an artist-run, community-focused space, that offers affordable studios since 2011. Built around 1893 and adjacent to Almshouses. Also, used as a bakery and later became laboratory glassware in the late 1950s.
Unknown , 1893
