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This sports centre is brought to you by Southwark Council, in partnership with Fusion, a highly experienced sports and leisure organisation. As a registered charity, Fusion continually reinvest to improve and develop what’s on offer in your community.

Tucked behind Seven Islands Leisure Centre at the end of Gomm Road is one of eight entrances to Southwark Park.  

Southwark Park was the first municipal park in London and opened its gates to the public on 19 June 1869. The design of the park is attributed to Alexander McKenzie and covers an area of 25 hectares.

The park also boasts London's first public memorial to honour a working class man; a drinking fountain to commemorate Mr Jabez West, a member of a local Temperance Society.

The Ada Salter rose garden was built in 1936 by Alfred Salter, MP for West Bermondsey, and tributed to his wife Ada when she passed away several years later. They both wanted to create a place of beauty where mothers and elderly could sit.

In 2001, the park underwent a major refurbishment with £2.5m from the Heritage Lottery Funds and a replica of the 1833 bandstand from the Great exhibition was replaced.

Many parts of the park were restored to their former glory; a new bowling pavilion was built along with a new children's play area. The lake was finally restored to its original pre-World War II size and the main gates were repaired. The Green Flag Award winning park more recently offers a wide range of sporting facilities, a new cafe and an art gallery. 

See this link for the park trail map