Knoll Recreation Ground, Hove
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Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 5 Jan 2017
Built in the 1950s on Hudson's Tip, a former rubbish dump. Access is via footpath from Stapley Road and Rowan Avenue to the north and another that follows the former trackbed of the Dyke Railway from Hove Cemetery to the south. The park includes two junior football pitches, a green belonging to Hangleton Bowls Club immediately beyond the pavilion in view, an enclosed basketball court and a children's playground. The houses on the right face onto Rowan Avenue and were constructed in the 1930s.