Coram's Fields
51°31′29″N 0°07′11″W / 51.5247°N 0.1197°W
Coram's Fields is a seven acre
History
The park is situated on the former site of the Foundling Hospital, established by Thomas Coram in what was then named Lamb's Conduit Field in 1739. In the 1920s The Foundling Hospital was relocated outside London to Ashlyns School in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and the site was earmarked for redevelopment.[2] However, a campaign organised by Janet Trevelyan and fundraising by local residents and a donation from Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere[3] led to the creation of the current park that opened in 1936.[3]
Services and facilities
Coram's Fields provides services for children and young people in the local community, including an after school and holiday programme, a sports programme, a youth centre and an early years programme which includes a nursery and drop-in.[1]
The park includes three eight-a-side football pitches, two tennis courts, a stickball field, a basketball court, a children's
Neighbourhood
To the west is
Management and planning designations
Coram's Fields is owned and run by an independent registered charity, officially named Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground.[4]
Coram's Fields, and Brunswick and Mecklenburgh Squares are jointly listed Grade II on the
References
- ^ a b "About us - Coram's Fields". Coram's Fields. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Coram and the Foundling Hospital". Coram. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Your Visit - History of Coram's Fields". Coram's Fields. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground, registered charity no. 302963". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ Historic England, "Coram's Fields, and Brunswick and Mecklenburgh Squares (1000212)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 November 2017
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