Canbury Gardens

In the 19th century when material for road building became a valuable resource, the old grazing land was replaced by a series of pits for gravel extraction.

[2] In 1891 Charles Nuthall a former Mayor of Kingston, who owned a confectionery shop in Thames Street, paid for a bandstand to be erected.

He also hoped it would be 'suitable for a summer house or shelter'[3] Kingston Power Station was built on the ground behind which had formerly been used to convert raw sewage to garden fertiliser.

On 25 March 1998 poplars separating the park from the Fairclough Homes site were felled, a cause which had resulted in protests up the trees, an eco-warrior camp, and a 17,000-person petition.

The Surrey Comet reported on 27 March 1998 that: "The first of the Canbury Gardens poplars came crashing down on Wednesday evening after a massive eviction operation costing up to £500,000 and involving 300 police, bailiffs, privacy security men, helicopters and boats."