# Chinbrook Meadows > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chinbrook_Meadows > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chinbrook_Meadows.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinbrook_Meadows > Source revision: 1355113825 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Park in London Borough of Lewisham, United Kingdom}} {{Infobox park | name = Chinbrook Meadows | image = Chinbrook Meadows (geograph 3460386).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | type = Public park | location = [Chinbrook](/source/Chinbrook) in the [London Borough of Lewisham](/source/London_Borough_of_Lewisham), England | map = Greater London | map_size = 350 | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Greater London | coordinates = {{coord|51.429|N|0.028|E|region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|31|acre|ha}} | created = 1929, (expanded 1937) | operator = [London Borough of Lewisham](/source/London_Borough_of_Lewisham) | open = 24 hours (pedestrian),{{br}} 8am-sunset (car park) | visitation_num = | status = Open year round | website = {{URL|https://lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/parks/chinbrook-meadows}} | public_transit = [Grove Park railway station](/source/Grove_Park_railway_station), {{br}} [Buses](/source/London_Buses) [124](/source/London_Buses_route_124), [126](/source/London_Buses_route_126), [273](/source/London_Buses_route_273) [638](/source/London_Buses_route_638) | awards = [Green Flag Award](/source/Green_Flag_Award) 2005, 2006, 2007 }} '''Chinbrook Meadows''' (sometimes '''Chinbrook Meadow''') is a [park](/source/park) in southeast [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), one of [Lewisham's public open spaces](/source/Lewisham_parks_and_open_spaces). It is located between [Chinbrook](/source/Chinbrook) and [Grove Park](/source/Grove_Park%2C_Lewisham) in the [London Borough of Lewisham](/source/London_Borough_of_Lewisham) adjacent to the boundary with the [London Borough of Bromley](/source/London_Borough_of_Bromley). The park is within the {{postcode|SE|12}} postcode district, next to the border of the {{postcode|BR|1}} postcode district. The majority of the park is maintained short grass with paved footpaths and lined with tall trees and bisected by the [River Quaggy](/source/River_Quaggy) which flows northward through the park. The grass often has markings for football pitches, a cricket ground and other sports and is used by local schools for sports days. Chinbrook Meadows contains public toilets, a concrete ball court, a café, a cycle route, a dog exercise area, a football pitch, tennis courts and a children's play area with climbing frames and a sandpit. The numerous footpaths crossing the park form part of [The Green Chain Walk](/source/The_Green_Chain_Walk)[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/walkfinder/walkdetails.asp?id=56 Green Chain description]{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenchain.com/education/pdfs/GreenChainMAP.pdf |title=Green Chain map |access-date=2007-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307063836/http://www.greenchain.com/education/pdfs/GreenChainMAP.pdf |archive-date=2007-03-07 |url-status=dead }} and [Capital Ring](/source/Capital_Ring). The park is around half a mile long north to south, about half as wide east to west and is surrounded by and has entrances on Chinbrook Road and Amblecote Road to the north, Mayeswood Road to the east, a railway line and Portland Road to the south and west, and [Elmstead Wood](/source/Elmstead_Wood) to the south. Under the railway line there is a pedestrian [subway](/source/Subway_(underpass)) tunnel that crosses the borough boundary into Bromley and links the park to a much smaller green area southwest of the main park. There is no gate separating the two, but the smaller area, being under the authority of another borough the London Borough of Bromley, is sometimes not considered part of the same park, the map on the website does not show it, but shows the park entrance to be the pedestrian subway.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/ParksAndRecreation/LocalParks/ChinbrookMeadowsMap.htm |title=Chinbrook Meadows map |access-date=2007-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913011204/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/ParksAndRecreation/LocalParks/ChinbrookMeadowsMap.htm |archive-date=2007-09-13 |url-status=dead }} The footpath that leaves the southeast corner of Chinbrook Meadows is part of the Green Chain Walk passes some allotments then [Grove Park Cemetery](/source/Grove_Park_Cemetery) before entering [Elmstead Wood](/source/Elmstead_Wood). Pedestrian gates to the park remain open throughout the night, whilst the car park gates are opened at 08:00 every morning and closed near dusk, with times ranging from 16:30 to 21:00 in the evening depending on the time of year.[http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5048A882-5CCC-4BE8-8177-B8E1D7EB8872/0/Closingtimes2007.pdf Park opening times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214917/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5048A882-5CCC-4BE8-8177-B8E1D7EB8872/0/Closingtimes2007.pdf |date=2011-06-08 }} ==History== thumb|upright=1.4|Chinbrook Meadows looking south The area was previously occupied by Chinbrook Farm, a dairy farm. The park was first formally opened to the public in 1929 and was then a children's play area {{convert|8|acre|m2}} in size, on the edge of the recently built Grove Park Estate; [London County Council](/source/London_County_Council) purchased a further {{convert|23|acre|m2}} acres and the larger area was opened to the public in June 1937.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/ParksAndRecreation/NatureConservation/ConservationSites/ChinbrookCommunityOrchard/ |title=Lewisham Council website |access-date=2007-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118182503/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/ParksAndRecreation/NatureConservation/ConservationSites/ChinbrookCommunityOrchard/ |archive-date=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead }} A church was built by the Shaftesbury Society as a 'mission hall' on the border of the park in Mayeswood Road in the Grove Park Estate, and dedicated in May 1935. This mission hall was used as a [Baptist church](/source/Baptist_church) until recently when it was taken over by [City of Faith Church](/source/City_of_Faith_Church) in 2005 and then by Word of Life Church in 2015. The southern corner of Chinbrook Meadows became [allotments](/source/Allotment_(gardening)), but many were in disuse in the early 1990s and a government grant paid for trees to be planted on some of the area. After 2000 some allotments have come back in use and some of the orchard re-claimed as allotments. The Meadows also host the annual [Grove Park Carnival & Chinbrook Dog Show](/source/Grove_Park_Carnival_%26_Chinbrook_Dog_Show) . ===River Quaggy=== thumb|Footbridge over the River Quaggy, in Chinbrook Meadows In the 1960s the [River Quaggy](/source/River_Quaggy) within Chinbrook Meadows and other parks was [channelized](/source/River_engineering) into long straight concrete [culvert](/source/culvert)s to alleviate flooding and was closed off behind tall hedges and iron fences, this cut the park in two with the larger part to the east of the river. In the early 2000s however the concrete channel with its fences and hedges was demolished and river was remodeled to give a natural, meandering appearance with a small flood plain; this was to encourage wild plants and animals back to the area and to be more pleasant and attractive for the public. There are several wooden foot bridges over the river, that replaced the concrete ones with iron fences. The regeneration was completed on 1 October 2002 and cost a reported £1.1million.[http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/communitiessummit/show_case_study.php/00183.html Regeneration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610180302/http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/communitiessummit/show_case_study.php/00183.html |date=2007-06-10 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.creativelewishamagency.org.uk/cl2/displayProject1.asp?ProjectID=29&from=listProjectsThe |title=Regeneration |access-date=2007-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929003528/http://www.creativelewishamagency.org.uk/cl2/displayProject1.asp?ProjectID=29&from=listProjectsThe |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }} Since the restoration Chinbrook Meadows has won the [Green Flag Award](/source/Green_Flag_Award) in three years in a row, from 2005-07[http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/winners/GSP002281/ Green Flag Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607025128/http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/winners/GSP002281/ |date=2008-06-07 }} Shortly After the regeneration was completed the same river was given a similar regeneration further down stream within [Sutcliffe Park](/source/Sutcliffe_Park), a mile and a half to the north.[http://www.qwag.org.uk/quaggy/flood.php Sutcliffe Park regeneration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226064103/http://www.qwag.org.uk/quaggy/flood.php |date=2008-02-26 }}[http://www.londongardenstrust.org/features/quaggy.htm Sutcliffe Park regeneration] ==Transport links== There are bus stops by the northern entrance on Chinbrook Road which [London Buses](/source/London_Buses) [124](/source/London_Buses_route_124), [126](/source/London_Buses_route_126), [273](/source/London_Buses_route_273) and school bus [638](/source/London_Buses_route_638) serve.[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/grovepark-2107.pdf Transport for London bus map][http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/638.htm Transport for London 638 bus times and route] Grove Park centre is less than half a mile to the west of this entrance and is also served by these buses plus four more, [136](/source/London_Buses_route_136), [181](/source/London_Buses_route_181), [261](/source/London_Buses_route_261) and night bus [N136](/source/London_Buses_route_N136) as well as [Grove Park railway station](/source/Grove_Park_railway_station) and the [A2212 road](/source/A2212_road). The [284 bus](/source/London_Buses_route_284) serves Chinbrook which is a similar distance east from the same entrance. The park is also on both the [Green Chain Walk](/source/Green_Chain_Walk) and the [Capital Ring](/source/Capital_Ring). {{LB Lewisham}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201909/https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/parks/Pages/chinbrook-meadows.aspx Chinbrook Meadows at Lewisham Council Website] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070913011204/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/ParksAndRecreation/LocalParks/ChinbrookMeadowsMap.htm Chinbrook Meadows map] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230181037/http://www.qwag.org.uk/quaggy/q_parks.php QWAG - Chinbrook Meadows, public parks on the River Quaggy] [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221232209/http://www.qwag.org.uk/quaggy/restoration.php - River Quaggy restoration in Chinbrook Meadows] *[http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/103196/1670527?referrer=/regions/thames/323150/1092076/ Chinbrook Meadows at environment-agency.gov.uk]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://www.therrc.co.uk/case_studies/chinbrook_meadows.pdf Chinbrook Meadows at The River Restoration Centre] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607025128/http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/winners/GSP002281/ Chinbrook Meadows at Green Flag Award] *[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/groveparkcemetery-13943.pdf Transport for London bus map] *[http://www.groveparkcarnival.co.uk/ Grove Park Carnival & Chinbrook Dog Show] ==References== {{Reflist|3}} Category:Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Lewisham Category:Meadows in Greater London Category:Grove Park, Lewisham Category:1929 establishments in England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chinbrook Meadows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinbrook_Meadows) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinbrook_Meadows?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.