A spectator sitting on a bench watching a bowls match underway at the bowling green in Battersea Park

Date:: 15 Aug 2010

Location:: Battersea Park, Bowling Green, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority, SW11

Reference:: PLA01/03/0403

Type:: Photograph (Digital)

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Description

Battersea Park was the first London park to offer bowls. The bowling green was laid out in around 1891 (perhaps as early as 1880). The club closed in 2014.

Content

This is part of the Series: PLA01/03 Played in London; within the Collection: PLA01 Played in Britain Collection

Rights

People & Organisations

Photographer: Inglis, Simon

Keywords

Victorian Public Park, Victorian Bowling Green, Leisure And Recreation, Sport