Wandsworth Park

[3] Until 1897 the land was allotments, it was purchased for £33,000 in 1898 by London County Council, Wandsworth District Board, and by public subscription.

[6][7] There are two Victorian stink pipes to provide ventilation for Joseph Bazalgette's sewer system.

[8] A new riverside terrace opened in 2019 on the north west corner of the park, a formally disused area.

[10] On the river alongside the park are some bird barges, to mitigate habitat lost during building development around Point Pleasant and the Wandsworth Riverside Quarter.

[11] The barges have tall posts to attract herons and cormorants, corrugated roofs for lesser black headed gulls and bird boxes for kingfishers and sand martins.

Trees in Wandsworth Park
Nexus sculpture by Alan Thornhill
Bird barges seen from the park