Cremorne Gardens
Introduction
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Cremorne Gardens
Image: © Marathon Taken: 30 Mar 2012
The original Cremorne Gardens were popular pleasure gardens by the side of the River Thames and flourished between 1845 and 1877. Entertainment included including restaurants, entertainments, dancing and balloon ascents. This vestige of the gardens survives next to the Thames, just east of Lots Road power station. It has little to suggest the grand scale of the original gardens, though it still has two attached jetties, which are an echo of the landing stages where visitors to the original pleasure gardens would arrive by boat. One of these piers can be seen photographed from the other - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2873701 Recently, one of the original grand iron gates from the gardens has been restored. This can be seen in the photograph to the right. A close up with some of the historical detail can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2873708 The World's End Estate lies behind.
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