Ravensbury Park

[3][4] The park was part of the medieval Ravensbury Manor, which dated back to the thirteenth century.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the site was the location of a calico mill and pleasure gardens.

In 1929 Mitcham, Merton and Morden Councils purchased part of the former gardens and opened the site as Ravensbury Park on 10 May 1930.

[5] Part of the park was later converted to a nature reserve, including a riverside walk along the Wandle.

It has a range of wetland birds, extensive woodland and a mixture of wildlife habitats.