Description
Beverley Park was laid out in c.1890 on part of the land that used to be Hoppinghood Farm, demolished in 1911, part of whose land is also now Malden Golf Course. The park has a pavilion and tennis courts, open grass, some mature trees and an extensive rose garden in the south west corner. The Beverley Brook flows along its eastern boundary and on the other side of the stream are school playing fields and sports grounds. An avenue of trees runs east-west across the centre of the park and there are various specimen trees including catalpa, gingko, oak, copper beech as well as conifers and a number of raised beds at the entrances.
Practical Information
| Site location | off Burlington Road/Park View, New Malden |
|---|---|
| Postcode | KT3 4AX |
| What3Words | ///castle.jars.kicked |
| Type of Site | Public Park |
| Borough | Kingston |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | unrestricted |
| Facilities | Playground, cricket, football pitches, tennis courts, toilets |
| Public Transport | Rail: New Malden. |
| Research Updated | 1 April 2012 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
The pavilion is currently leased and shared between sports clubs and the Learning Land Play Nursery.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ220686 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 7.1 |
| Site Ownership | RB Kingston |
| Site Management | Grounds maintenance contractor: Quadron Services Ltd |
| Dates | c.1890 |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Kingston |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | Yes |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Once part of Norbiton Common, the land was later part of the Coombe estate owned by the Duke of Cambridge, and until c.1911 it was part of Hoppingwood Farm. Raynes Park Golf Club, which was established in 1893, moved to Malden in 1925 when its original course was taken for development. The club's new course and clubhouse opened in 1926, the club renamed Malden Golf Club. The golf course has woodland areas with clumps of exotic species planted. Although private, the golf course is crossed by a public footpath from Cambridge Avenue. A small area of 4ha. is in LB Merton.
The area was once a stretch of meadowland within the 250-acre estate of Prospect Place, an C18th house whose last owner was Lord Cottenham, after whom the estate was renamed. He had the property from 1831-51, after which it was sold and large-scale development of the land began. Initially known as Melbury Gardens, Cottenham Park Recreation Ground was the first such amenity to be provided in this area, opening in 1897. A diagonal path across the park marked by trees and hedging is a remnant of an avenue that once stretched across the whole estate. A number of old trees survive including an oak probably planted shortly after the Battle of Trafalgar, and some of the London plane trees along the park boundary date from 1898. Facilities for cricket, football, tennis and bowling were provided, all but the bowling green remaining today, and permission for concerts by local bands was granted in the park's early years.
Morley Park is a new public park created on part of the former site of Atkinson Morley Hospital. The hospital closed in 2003 and the site was later purchased by Berkeley Homes for their Wimbledon Hill Park development. As part of the planning consent, land for a public park was leased to Merton Council and the new park opened in 2019. Morley Park comprises playing fields, a pavilion, woodland and meadow. Atkinson Morley Hospital had been built near the former site of the C18th Prospect Place, which had gardens laid out by Humphry Repton in the late C18th/early C19th. Later known as Cottenham Park, the estate was sold for development in the early 1850s. Part of the site was acquired for the new hospital in 1863, which opened in 1869; the old house was pulled down and the hospital laundry built on its site. The wooded hospital grounds were on a sloping site, with an area of lawn levelled south of the hospital and the north-east woodland developed on an abandoned orchard and garden. Some trees from the former planting remain.