Welcome to our website

Summer 2010 -The events season kicks off with the annual Picnic

Welcome to the South Park Gardens website. South Park Gardens is a much loved and well-used park in Wimbledon. It was opened in September 1901 and has now been restored to its former Victorian glory thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Gardens were re-opened to the public in June 2009 and photographs of the Gardens before, during and after the restoration can be found in the Gallery. You can also find photographs of some of our events in 2009 there.

We are very grateful to Dr Simon Joseph, who very kindly took the photographs of the Gardens before during and after. We think you’ll agree that he did a fantastic job.

If you would like to know more about the local history of the Gardens and the area around it just click on History. If you would like to know more about the Friends of South Park Gardens and the events we organise, click on the links above. You can also sign up for our quarterly newsletter.

We are always looking for volunteers to help with our events and for new members. It was the through the efforts of the Friends, working together with Merton Council, that this restoration was possible. Please do let us know what you think of this site by sending us an email. Thanks for looking.

Latest News

	STOP PRESS As you may have noticed, some of the paths in the Gardens have sustained some cracking over the past year. Additional expansion joints are required to prevent further cracking and the cracks have to be repaired. The contractors, Hortech, will be coming back to carry out these essential works. In addition to this there are some remedial works needed to improve the performance of the electrical installations in the Gardens. Due to the nature of the work and the time required for the surfaces to harden, it will be necessary to close the Gardens for one week to enable these works to be carried out. The contractors will endeavour to finish these works as quickly as possible in order to reopen the Gardens. The Over 60s Cream Tea will proceed as planned on Friday 25 June. We apologise for any inconvenience this closure will cause.
	STOP PRESS Negotiations are proceeding with a new supplier of tea, coffee, soft drinks and delicious Italian ice cream. The service will commence in June for a trial period. Watch this space.
	Facebook If you do Facebook go to our Facebook page and become a fan of South Park Gardens. You can leave us comments here; we’d love to hear from you.
	Friends of South Park Gardens AGM Thursday 13th May 8pm at the Trinity Club. All members welcome.

A quarterly newsletter is produced and delivered door to door to all the roads around the Gardens. If you live outside this area but would like to have a copy emailed to you, just click here to sign up. Alternatively go to Downloads to access previous newsletters. If you would like to volunteer to deliver the newsletter to a road near you, go to the Volunteers section on the Friends page.

Latest Events

Our next events are:

Celebrities expected at Family Fun Day
A host of celebrities including soap stars, reality TV stars and sport personalities are expected at the Family
Fun Day on Saturday 3 July.
July 3rd
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Music Festival on Saturday 10th July - the Young Perfomers’ Music Festival
This year’s festival has a fabulous line up of talent from the best of Wimbledon’s musical youth,
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Visit the website

Teddy Bears Picnic
Come along to the Teddy Bears' Picnic
Weds 14th July 11.30 - 1.30
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How to find us

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