[2] The park was created by the Metropolitan Board of Works from former farmland and meadows.
From 2004 to 2006, the park was restored to its original Victorian layout, following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
[3] Dulwich Park contains a café, boating lake and numerous sporting facilities.
[6][7][8][9] On 20 December 2011, a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, Two Forms (Divided Circle) that resides in the park, was cut from its plinth and stolen by suspected scrap metal thieves.
There is also an active bowling club that operates every summer from April until September.