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| Hornfair is a large park close by Charlton park and Charlton Lido, with formal gardens and plenty of different activities: football, camogie (women's Gaelic sport), basketball, bowling and tennis, there's even a children's paddling pool (in the summer holidays only). The park gets its name from a pagan fair described in the early 18th century as consisting of 'a riotous mob' wearing horns of different kinds on their heads who marched from Deptford through Greenwich to Charlton. At the fair they sold ram's horns and toys made of horn, apparently even the gingerbread figures had horns. The Fair reached its heyday in the time of Charles II in the 1660s when thousands of people used to attend. Next to the park, on Shooters Hill Road (near to the pedestrian footbridge), is an old pet cemetery and Memorial Garden. |
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| Visiting Hornfair Park |
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Opening Times
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| 9:00 - dusk |
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Ticket Prices
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Railway Stations
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| Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station
(25 minutes)
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| Woolwich Dockyard Railway Station
(27 minutes)
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Car Parking
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| Calderwood Street Car Park
(25 minutes)
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Alternative
Parks and Gardens Near Hornfair Park |
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| London Leisure |
| Brockwell Park |
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Herne Hill,
Lambeth,
London,
SE24
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7.41 miles distance from Hornfair Park
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| Perhaps one of London's loveliest leafy expanses, Brockwell Park has become a Mecca for fun-loving kiddies.
Often termed "Brixton's Beach", the park is remarkable ...More...
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| London Leisure |
| Wimbledon Common |
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The Ranger's Office,
Windmill Road,
Merton,
London,
SW19
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12.94 miles distance from Hornfair Park
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| Huge, wild common on the edge of London.
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Local
Sights and Attractions Near Hornfair Park |
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| Severndroog Castle |
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Castle Wood,
Shooters Hill,
Greenwich,
London,
SE18
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14 minutes distance from Hornfair Park
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| This tower in Jack Wood and Oxleas Wood gets its name - Severndroog or Suvarnadurg meaning 'Golden Fortress' - from the fort off the Malabar ...More...
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| Oxleas Woods |
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Shooters Hill,
Greenwich,
London,
SE18
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14 minutes distance from Hornfair Park
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| The 77 hectare Oxleas Woods to the north of Eltham is, along with neighbouring Jack Wood and Castle Wood, part of Shooters Hill Woodlands. The ...More...
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