The entrance to Furzedown Recreation Ground from Chillerton Road
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Image: © Marathon Taken: 17 Sep 2014
Furzedown Recreation Ground was opened in 1924, the name recalling the former heathland here (furze being another name for gorse). This view looks across the recreation ground from the entrance in Chillerton Road.