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Whitehall Recreation Ground was created in 1904-05 at the instigation of Bromley UDC in order to provide recreational facilities for the rapidly expanding population of Bromley Common and Bickley. Now a largely level site surrounded by residential housing, the park was originally three fields that were part of Whitehall Farm, from which it takes its name. The Recreation Ground originally had numerous facilities for sports, including tennis, football and cricket, as well as a boating pool but much was lost over the course of the C20th. The perimeter tarmac path is partly tree lined within semi-mature horse chestnuts, oak, lime and sycamore. To the south-west is a bowling green enclosed within tall privet hedges, now used by Bromley Croquet Club.
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Winsford Gardens were formerly part of the grounds of Winsford House, built as a private residence in c.1936 by Stephen Gee, a wealthy local property developer. It stood on the right of the Garden Road entrance to the public gardens. Prior to this the area was part of the Chesham Park estate. There were once a number of large houses here, but from the 1960s many were cleared and replaced by flats such as Benwick Court and later Burmarsh Court. In 1977 Gee's property was conveyed to Bromley Council. Winsford Gardens opened as a public park but later became neglected. In 2011 the environmental charity BTCV recruited local volunteers to restore and transform the gardens as a community space, establishing Penge Green Gym to undertake the task. Features remaining from the original garden include ornamental shrub beds, fruit trees, rose gardens, ponds and areas of lawn.