Ashburton Playing Fields, Croydon, from the south
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Ashburton Playing Fields, Croydon, from the south
Image: © Philip Talmage Taken: 6 Aug 2005
Photo taken from Woodmere Avenue, CR0 7PF (another was taken from Bywood Avenue - see TQ3567). On the skyline are the twin Crystal Palace TV antennae. It is said that King James I established public horse racing at Croydon, and well into the late Victorian age this was a race-course. It was then used as a golf course up to WWII.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.385327
Longitude
-0.053436