Bishop’s Park was opened in 1893 by The London County Council and was given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The gardens are Listed Grade II on the register of parks and gardens of special historic interest maintained by English Heritage.
As well as the planting and the water features the park has playgrounds for children and a skate park, a sandpit, climbing equipment and grassed areas for ball games. Yesterday the play areas were very busy.
Further along the path you are taken away from the Thames for a while as you go around the outside of Fulham Football Club. The club is in the process of building a new stand so there are workmen and lorries everywhere. I have been to this ground once a few years ago to watch Tottenham Hotspur play Fulham. I’m a Spurs fan and it was my Fulham supporter son who got tickets for me and my other son to go. The two of us sat at oppostie sides of the stadium, and too far away to wave to one another! Spurs won that day! You can find out more about Fulham Football Club here.
On the walk back from I took a couple of photos from outside Bishop’s Park. As I said yesterday, the gardens are sandwiched between Fulham Palace and the Thames Path.
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