Oaks Park (London)

Oaks Park, Carshalton

Trees in flower in Oaks Park

The Oaks Park (51°20′N 0°10′W / 51.333°N 0.167°W / 51.333; -0.167) is a public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is bounded on the south by Croydon Lane (A2022), and on the east by Woodmansterne Road; smaller roads lie to west and north.

History

The park was substantially laid out for the Earl of Derby in the 1770s and changes made for John Burgoyne in the 1790s for the existing villa (built around 1750 for one Thomas Gosling). The fashionable landscape style was employed with trees forming a perimeter screen and placed in artful clumps to suggest a natural landscape. The house, which was partly rebuilt by Robert Taylor (architect) for John Burgoyne in 1775 and Robert Adam for the 12th Earl of Derby in 1790, was demolished between 1956 and 1960 ^[1] but the bakehouse, stable block and some outbuildings remain. An archeological investigation was carried out by Carshalton and District History and Archeology Society in July 2009.

The Oaks horserace

The estate lent its name to the Oaks horserace which was inaugurated by the Earl in 1779 and is run annually during the Derby meeting at Epsom Downs Racecourse, about 4 miles to the west. The original Oaks Race ran from Barrow Hedges, north of The Oaks and through Oaks Park before heading west to approximately the site of the current Epsom Downs Racecourse. Part of the off-road route still exists.

Recreation

Café at Oaks Park

There is a public golf course and sports centre forming part of the open space. The park itself contains a craft centre, a café and a downland countryside walk.

The Oaks Sport Centre has a public golf course and a new indoor climbing and caving centre.

There is a bridle path that goes around the perimeter of the park for riding, cycling, and walking.

The park is on a section of the National Cycle Network (Route 20).^[2] A leisure trail along the River Wandle from Wandsworth, passes close to the park at Carshalton and is available from the Sustrans website.^[3]

South of the park and close Croydon Lane is the Mayfield Lavender Field. The field is spectacular during the midsummer months, filling the park with lavender aroma.

Local Transport

The nearest railway station to the park is at Carshalton Beeches, which is less than a mile walk along Woodmansterne Road. Trains serve various places in South London from here. The 166 bus route serves the park at the Croydon Lane end of the park. The bus route serves Banstead, Purley, and Croydon.^[4]

Notes

External links

London Borough of Sutton

Districts	Bandonhill Beddington Beddington Corner Belmont Benhilton Carshalton Carshalton Beeches Carshalton on the Hill Cheam (including Cheam Village and North Cheam) Hackbridge Little Woodcote Rosehill Roundshaw South Beddington St Helier Sutton (principal town) Wallington Woodcote Green Worcester Park The Wrythe

Attractions	BedZED Carew Manor Carshalton House Water Tower Charles Cryer Theatre Honeywood Museum (Carshalton) Little Holland House, Carshalton Nonsuch Mansion Secombe Theatre Whitehall (Cheam Village)

Parks and open spaces	Beddington Park Carshalton Park Grove Park Manor Park, Sutton Nonsuch Park Oaks Park

Constituencies	Carshalton and Wallington Sutton and Cheam

Rail and tram stations	Belmont Beddington Lane tram stop Carshalton Carshalton Beeches Cheam Hackbridge Sutton Sutton Common Therapia Lane tram stop Wallington West Sutton

Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

Parks and open spaces in London

Royal parks	Bushy Green Greenwich Hyde Kensington Regent's Richmond St James's

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Commons	Barnes Blackheath Bostall Heath Clapham Ealing East Sheen Hackney Marsh Hainault Forest Ham Hampstead Heath Hayes Keston Mitcham Monken Hadley Peckham Rye Plumstead Stanmore Streatham Tooting Tylers Wandsworth Wimbledon and Putney Wormwood Scrubs

Marshes & Wetlands	Aveley Crayford Erith Hackney Hornchurch Ickenham Ingrebourne Leyton Rainham Tottenham Walthamstow Wennington Woodberry Wetlands WWT London Wetland Centre

Woodland	Bostall Coldfall Copse Dulwich Epping Forest Grangewood Park Highgate Lesnes Abbey Mad Bess Old Park Oxleas Park Petts Queen's Russia Dock Sydenham Hill

House gardens	Belair Park Boston Manor Park Broomfield House Cannizaro Park Chiswick House Danson Park Grovelands Park Grove Park Gunnersbury Park Hampton Court Park Hillingdon Court Kenwood House Langtons Manor House Gardens Marble Hill Park Morden Hall Park Morden Park Osterley Park Syon House Valence House Museum Walpole Park

Entry-fee charging	Kew Gardens London Wetland Centre

Community gardens	Phoenix Garden Calthorpe Project

Parks and open spaces by London borough

Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth City of Westminster

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