Forge Dam Park

To aid this, the Porter Brook was dammed diverting the water to a series of grinding mills.

The new park was designed by William Goldring, who included features to improve the aesthetics of the walks, such as gravel paths, flower beds and stepping stones.

[1] In 1913, when the pleasure grounds were sold, they advertised "boating, fishing, bowling green, swings, tearooms, and motor boats"[2] Today, the park is laid out a roughly rectangular space occupying approximately 23.5 acres (9.5 ha).

The main entrance is located on Ivy Cottage Lane, with some informal parking along the road.

[1] In 1924 Patrick Abercrombie said of the parks, "The Porter Brook Parkway, consisting as it does of a string of contiguous open spaces, is the finest example to be found in this country of a radial park strip, an elongated open space, leading from a built-up part of the city direct into the country, the land occupied being a river valley and so for the greater part unsuitable for building.