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Denmark Road, LONDON, SE5 9LW

At the roundabout junction of Knatchbull Road (on the left) and Denmark Road (on the right).

Behind the camera is the five-way junction of Calais Street, Flodden Road, Knatchbull Road and Denmark Road SE5.

The text on the right forms the shared description below.

Denmark Hill (road) leads from Coldharbour Lane towards Knatchbull Road. It passes under the large railway bridge carrying the lines between Loughborough Junction and Queen's Road Peckham.

Myatt's Fields Park is named after Joseph Myatt, a tenant market gardener who grew rhubarb, strawberries and cabbages here in the nineteenth century. The land was donated for use as a public park from the estate of the Minet family, and was first opened to the public in 1889.

Camberwell was once a station on the City branch of the London Chatham & Dover Railway whose line still runs into London (Blackfriars) and beyond. Camberwell opened in 1862 but closed to passengers in 1916 as a wartime economy. By that time much of its traffic had been syphoned off by competing tramways and it did not reopen.

Beside the railway arches of the Loughborough Junction to Queen's Road, Peckham, Railway line (on the right). May have been a former pub, but cannot find any reference to any. Now flats.

The turning to the left is Carew Street. The railway bridge carries the Thameslink route from Blackfriars (right) south towards Loughborough Junction (left).

Myatts Fields Park is a delightful example of a small Victorian park. In the early 19th century, market gardens here were run by the Myatt family; some of the finest strawberries in London were grown by Joseph Myatt, and at that time his name was known all over London. The surrounding Minet Estate was built up from the 1870s onwards and the Minet family provided a number of amenities, including the Minet Library and gave the site for Myatts Fields. The Minets were originally French Huguenots and the name Minet means little cat or kitten in French. A little cat was included in many of the buildings when the area was developed by the Minet family. Funds for laying out Myatts Fields were raised by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, and the park was opened in 1889, taking its name from the earlier market gardeners. The Roundhouse was erected in 1897 and had several different titles over the years - summerhouse, shelter, roundhouse - partly because of some confusion over its precise purpose. Refreshments were served from it starting in 1899, and until recently it served as a shelter. Thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery funding, the Roundhouse was completely refurbished in 2008. The park itself has also recently been restored to its former glory by a substantial Heritage Lottery Fund grant.

In Myatt's Fields Park; currently used for art exhibitions: http://www.myattsfieldspark.info/the-roundhouse.html