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Brickfields Meadow is a meadow in Woodside in the London Borough of Croydon. It is located on the former site of a brickworks in Tennison Road and Dickensons Lane.^[1] The meadow covers an area of about 4.37 hectares.^[2] The meadow is not very well known to residents on Tennison Road, as the entrance is very secluded, beyond an EDF Energy transformer. The meadow includes: large pond where fishing is allowed, dipping platform, Buddleia Valley, grassland and woodland planting, small woodland area, and a children's play area which includes a mini maze and roundabout.^[3]

Brickfields Meadow is the site of the defunct Woodside brickworks which the Council was able to take control of as a planning gain in the early 1990s.^[4] The site was previously operated as a brickworks by Edward Mayhew in the early 19th century, and later by Handleys and then Hall & Co Brickworks from 1915 to 1974.^[5] The meadow is somewhat unkempt, with an amount of rubbish scattered around the deep pond, filled with cloudy brown water. A community group has been formed to try to maintain the park and raise funds.^[6]

Heavers Meadow, also located on Tennison Road, is not as big as Brickfields Meadow.

See also

• List of Parks and Open Spaces in Croydon
• South Norwood Recreation Ground
• Croydon Council
• Woodside Green

References

External links

• Map of the meadow
• Croydon Parks and open spaces
• Brickfields Meadow on Wikimapia
• Croydon Online History

51°23′25″N 0°04′22″W / 51.3902°N 0.0728°W / 51.3902; -0.0728

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