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Heath Drive, LONDON, SW20 9BG

Looking east from its junction with Grand Drive (B279)

View NW towards Kingston Road and West Wimbledon.

From Grand Drive, (B279) looking west

Cannon Hill Common is a remnant of the old Cannon Hill Estate which dates back to the 18th century. It was originally part of the demesne lands of Merton Priory and subsequently passed through several owners. Cannon Hill House appears to have been built shortly after 1762. After several changes of owner it was empty by 1880, by which time the surrounding land was arable farmland. The house was subsequently demolished. In 1924, the estate was bought by George Blay, a speculative builder. He covered most of the area with housing but offered to sell the area that is now Cannon Hill Common to the Merton & Morden Urban District Council in 1925, an offer that was accepted. It opened as a public park in 1927. The site of Cannon Hill House was designated as a bird sanctuary in 1929 and is now a London Wildlife Trust reserve. This path through a woodland belt leads from Heath Drive towards the lake and here has Messines Playing Field on the left and allotments to the right.

Cannon Hill Common is a remnant of the old Cannon Hill Estate which dates back to the 18th century. It was originally part of the demesne lands of Merton Priory and subsequently passed through several owners. Cannon Hill House appears to have been built shortly after 1762. After several changes of owner it was empty by 1880, by which time the surrounding land was arable farmland. The house was subsequently demolished. In 1924, the estate was bought by George Blay, a speculative builder. He covered most of the area with housing but offered to sell the area that is now Cannon Hill Common to the Merton & Morden Urban District Council in 1925, an offer that was accepted. It opened as a public park in 1927. The site of Cannon Hill House was designated as a bird sanctuary in 1929 and is now a London Wildlife Trust reserve. The stretch of grass here runs parallel to Parkway which lies to the right.

These football posts correspond to those shown in Image, which are at the western end of the respective pitches. Another line of oaks here, at right angles to those in that photo.

Goalposts and a rutted track on the west side of the King George V playing fields. A row of oak trees marks an old field boundary.

Cannon Hill Common is a remnant of the old Cannon Hill Estate which dates back to the 18th century. It was originally part of the demesne lands of Merton Priory and subsequently passed through several owners. Cannon Hill House appears to have been built shortly after 1762. After several changes of owner it was empty by 1880, by which time the surrounding land was arable farmland. The house was subsequently demolished. In 1924, the estate was bought by George Blay, a speculative builder. He covered most of the area with housing but offered to sell the area that is now Cannon Hill Common to the Merton & Morden Urban District Council in 1925, an offer that was accepted. It opened as a public park in 1927. The site of Cannon Hill House was designated as a bird sanctuary in 1929 and is now a London Wildlife Trust reserve.