{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{infobox UK place | country = England | map_type = Greater London | coordinates = {{coord|51.414505|-0.236946|display=inline,title}} | region = London | population = | official_name = Cottenham Park | london_borough = Merton | constituency_westminster = Wimbledon | post_town = London | postcode_district = SW20 | postcode_area = SW | dial_code = 020 | static_image_name = File:Cottenham Park Road, London SW20 - geograph.org.uk - 811586.jpg | static_image_caption = Cottenham Park Road }} '''Cottenham Park''' is a small district of the London Borough of Merton located to the south of Copse Hill, north of Raynes Park, in West Wimbledon, London.<ref>Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetter'' (2007), p 118-19.</ref> It was named after Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham.<ref name=MC />
Cottenham Park is home to a recreation ground with the same name. Its facilities include a cricket ground and several tarmac tennis courts. It was opened in 1897, under the name '''Melbury Gardens'''.<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=http://www.merton.gov.uk/environment/openspaces/parks/parks_in_the_wimbledon_area/cottenham_park.htm |title=Cottenham Park |website=Merton Council |accessdate=14 February 2017}}</ref>
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{{LB Merton}} {{London Districts}}
Category:Areas of London Category:Districts of the London Borough of Merton
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