Carshalton Park

The northern boundary previously extended as far as the High Street, with the Orangery building situated in The Square once being within the parkland.

[4] Hog Pit is directly in front of today's main north entrance to the park.

The origin of this substantial earthwork is unknown [5] but reference to Hoggpytte can be found in medieval records for the year 1444.

[7] In January 2012, a forgotten World War II air raid shelter was discovered that protected hundreds of people from German bombs.

Satellite images and old council minutes were used to verify the find and surmise that the shelter was built to help keep people in the nearby cottage hospital safe.

It is currently one of the largest charity fireworks display in the South-East of England attracting crowds of up to 15,000 spectators from the local community.

[10] "The Environmental Fair" run by EcoLocal, a local charity, takes place on the August Bank Holiday Monday.