It was named after the Victorian writer and naturalist John Ruskin, who grew up locally and often wrote about its wild beauty. The oldest part of the park is on the site of a series of grand houses and gardens, which lay along the western side of Denmark Hill.
Many of these were absorbed into the park, as seen in the ornamental pond, terraced gardens, a curious Portico Shelter and the Coach House. An additional section was added to the park in on its western side, which provided playing fields and additional fencing.
These awards recognise the achievements made to provide visitors to and residents of Lambeth with a clean, safe, welcoming and popular open space they can all be proud of.
Ruskin Park is a large Edwardian park serving the communities of Camberwell, Herne Hill, Loughborough Junction as well as patients, staff and visitors from two nearby hospitals. It was created in , designed and laid out by JJ Sexby. It is named after John Ruskin, the writer, art critic and social campaigner who lived nearby.
The park today is valued not only for its historic features and magnificent treescape, but for a great range of facilities and community activities. The organisation with legal responsibility for Ruskin Park is Lambeth Council. Their website for the park is www. Ruskin Park is managed and maintained by Lambeth Council. Do you see any mistakes or problems on this page? If so please let us know here.
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See About. Enjoy a free concert or community event at the Bandstand. Writing about his home there, Ruskin later said, "It stood in command of seven acres of healthy ground Ruskin died in and by developers were moving in. A preliminary contract had already been signed to sell off the land for housing when a local resident, Frank Trier, formed a committee to campaign for a public park. He proposed naming the park after Ruskin, to increase publicity and to attract donations from Ruskin's many admirers.
It worked and many private donors came forward. The houses on the site, including Ruskin's former home, were then cleared leaving only the portico from number which still stands today and some trees from the large gardens. It opened on 2nd February A further 12 acres were purchased as playing fields in and opened to the public the following year. Nearby was the newly opened King's College Hospital and during World War I the park became an annexe to the hospital, with huts built in the park to house convalescent soldiers.
John Ruskin , the noted Victorian intellectual and reformer, was a man of many parts: author, artist, art critic, and social reformer. Ruskin was a public figure and widely admired in Victorian England. The son of a wine merchant, Ruskin inherited a considerable fortune, which he spent during his lifetime, largely on charitable and philanthropic projects. Notable Trees Ruskin Park is notable for its trees: there are over representing over 40 species. The majority were planted when the park was first laid out in the early s.
On the eastern side are species from all over the world including a maidenhair tree Gingko biloba , a rare Caucasian wing nut Pterocarya fraxinifolia , a sweet gum Liquidamber styriciflua , a handkerchief tree Davidia involucrate , a Mississippi swamp cypress Toxodium distichum and a large rare eucalyptus.
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