Green spaces

Beckenham Place Park is a historic 18th century park and garden with 245 acres of open space including rolling parkland, ancient woodland, meadow, and formal gardens. With a Heritage Lottery Fund restoration for a new café and education centre, 15,000 trees planted and a lake for wild swimming. The park’s beautiful Palladian mansion houses artists’ studios, yoga, pilates and wellbeing classes, arts and crafts workshops and a café.

Kelsey Park situated south of the town centre was once the landscaped park of the Kelsey Manor Estate. It is characterised by its large lake, and there are tennis courts, mini golf, children’s playground and café. The Croydon Recreation Ground is where David Bowie played a free concert in 1969. There is now a fundraising campaign to restore the edwardian bandstand in his memory.

The park also has a playground, multi-use court, paddling pool, tennis courts, football pitch and a bowling green.