[14] Built in 2000 and refurbished in 2008,[15] the pitch won the MyLocalPitch (now Playfinder) outstanding London sports venue award for August 2016.

[23] A mosaic memorial bench created by Arthur de Mowbray and Jay James was installed in 2011 to commemorate David Idowu, who was murdered in the park in 2008.

[54][55] From then until 1933 the LCC rebuilt the area as the Tabard Gardens Estate,[55] with large blocks of flats replacing the previous buildings.

[58][61][62] Tabard Gardens first won a Green Flag Award in 2013,[63][64] which it has retained in each subsequent year of the competition up to and including 2022.

[65][66][67][68] An air ambulance landed in Tabard Gardens on 31 October 2014 to treat an 18-year-old man who was stabbed to death outside an off-licence in nearby Pilgrimage Street.

[69][70] Less than a year later, on 29 June 2015, an air ambulance again landed in the park after Lorraine Barwell, a 54-year-old Serco prisoner custody officer, was fatally assaulted at Blackfriars Crown Court.

[71][72] A large gathering promoted as an "Afro Vibe BBQ" on Saturday 20 June 2020 left the park covered with litter.