Folkestone Gardens

Folkestone Gardens is a small urban park located in Deptford, south east London. Now part of the London Borough of Lewisham, it was created during the 1970s on an area badly damaged by bombs in World War II.

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Den and Deptford Park.

The Den

Stadium

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Den is a football stadium in the New Cross and Bermondsey area of south-east London, and the home of Millwall Football Club. The Den is adjacent to the South London railway originating at London Bridge, and a quarter-of-a-mile from the Old Den, which it replaced on September 30, 1993. The Den is situated 2,700 feet west of Folkestone Gardens.

Deptford Park

Park

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Deptford Park is a public park in Deptford south-east London. It is owned by London Borough of Lewisham. The closest local stations are Deptford and Surrey Quays. Deptford Park is situated 1,100 feet north of Folkestone Gardens.

New Cross Gate railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Cross Gate is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in New Cross, London. New Cross Gate railway station is situated 3,000 feet south of Folkestone Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Surrey Quays and New Cross.

Surrey Quays

Quarter

Photo: Secretlondon, Public domain.

Surrey Quays is a largely residential area of Rotherhithe in south-east London, occupied until 1970 by the Surrey Commercial Docks. The precise boundaries of the area are somewhat amorphous, but it is generally considered to comprise the southern half of the Rotherhithe peninsula from Canada Water to South Dock; electorally, Surrey Docks is the eastern half of the peninsula.

New Cross

Suburb

Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Cross is an area in south-east London, England, 4.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district.

Burrells Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Alctanay, Public domain.

Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.

Folkestone Gardens

Type: Park
Description: park in London Borough of Lewisham, United Kingdom
Category: recreation area
Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48342° or 51° 29′ 0″ north

Longitude

-0.03993° or 0° 2′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3XFXM6+92

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25982383

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q15217951

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