Downhills Park
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Downhills Park
Image: © Marathon Taken: 31 Mar 2015
Downhills Park was once part of the 290 acre Mount Pleasant estate. The old house was demolished by the Council soon after they bought the estate in 1902. There had been a serious smallpox epidemic in the area earlier in 1903 and the District Medical Officer made both the economic case (of saving money treating infectious diseases) and also the health viewpoint of having ample open space for the people. The first 26 acres of Downhills Park was formally opened to the public in August 1903. By the end of that year a campaign was underway to make a major extension to the park. This campaign eventually resulted in a much smaller extension to Downhills Park being informally made in 1906. This view is from near the entrance on Belmont Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.588741
Longitude
-0.091814