Somerset Gardens

Brookmill Park originated as a small recreation ground provided from 1880 near the Kent Waterworks' reservoir by the river Ravensbourne. It was expanded in the 1920s when part of the disused reservoir was infilled, and opened as Brookmill Park. Some evidence of the reservoir remains, much reduced in size, as the small oval lake still found in the park. When nearby housing was destroyed by WWII bombing, the park was further extended, re-opening in 1951 as Ravensbourne Park. When Deptford and Lewisham amalgamated to form Lewisham in 1965, the park reverted to its earlier name. It was again re-landscaped in the 1990s when the DLR was constructed, necessitating re-routing of the Ravensbourne, and former Thames Water gardens were added, now a formal garden with pond, pergolas, ornamental beds and hedges. The park was re-opened in 1998.

Deptford Memorial Gardens were laid out on a series of pre-existing narrow garden enclosures dating from at least the 1860s that ran between the main road, Lewisham High Road and Wickham Terrace, a row of mid-C19th paired houses. At the northern end is the World War I war memorial, which was unveiled in 1921. The enclosures are protected under the London Squares Preservation Act of 1931. The gardens form a strip of lawn within which are circular, rectangular or oval flower beds with seasonal displays. A path runs through the gardens and there are a number of seats. Yew hedges and shrubbery border the garden to the south and there are a number of ornamental trees, as well as lime and horse chestnuts. The border to Lewisham Way has a scalloped retaining wall.

Broadway Fields is a public park located close to Deptford Bridge in an area originally used for market gardening. It was formed from a piece of land next to the Kent Waterworks. It was here that the Deptford Pink, a variety of carnation, flourished. The last tenant was Henry Simpson, whose annual rental of the land from the Water Board ended when the land was acquired by Deptford Council in 1929 for use as a park. The park opened in 1932 as Deptford Municipal Playing Fields. In the late 1930s an extension across the River Ravensbourne was added giving a space for active recreation. Two bridges link the areas together.