Principal Parks and Open Spaces
The largest of them include:
- Agnes Riley Gardens, Atkins Road, SW12
- Archbishops Park, Carlisle Lane, SE1, adjacent to Lambeth Palace
- Brockwell Park, Norwood Road, SE24, includes Brockwell Lido (public swimming area)
- Clapham Common, Windmill Drive, SW4, wholly maintained by Lambeth Borough, although the western half is situated in Wandsworth Borough
- Hillside Gardens, Hillside Road, SW2
- Kennington Park, Kennington Park Road, SE11, a wooded area, although it has sports facilities and gardens
- Larkhall Park, Courland Grove, SW8
- Max Roach Park, Brixton Road, SW9 (named after Max Roach in 1986)
- Milkwood Community Park, Milkwood Road, SE24
- Mostyn, Olive Morris and Dan Leno Gardens, Myatt's Fields North housing estate, Akerman Road, SW9
- Myatt's Fields Park, Cormont Road, Camberwell, SE5
- Norwood Park, Salters Hill, SE19 - between West Norwood and Crystal Palace
- Rush Common, Brixton Hill, SW2
- Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE5
- Slade Gardens, Lorn Road, SW9
- Spring Gardens, Tyers Street, SE11
- Streatham Common, Streatham High Road, SW16
- Streatham Vale Park, Abercairn Road, SW16
- The Rookery, Covington Way, SW16, with formal gardens and an open air theatre
- Vauxhall Park, Lawn Lane, SW8, near The Oval cricket ground
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