Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3PR Croydon Road Recreation Ground is situated in the London Borough of Bromley adjacent to Beckenham Hospital (The Beacon). The park is one of the most popular facilities in the borough for outdoor events ranging from May Queen pageants and charity fetes to firework displays and funfairs. The recreation ground boasts scenic views with a bandstand, landscaped gardens, football pitches with changing accomodation, a childrens' paddling pool and enclosed play area, a cafe, tennis courts, and basketball/netball facilities. There is also a thriving bowls club with immaculate greens. Entrances to the recreation ground can be found on Croydon Road and Village Way, Beckenham. On-street parking is available in Croydon Road and Village Way and a multi-storey car park is available above Sainsbury's store close to the High Street. The official opening/closing times can be found on our Facilities page You can join The Friends of
Croydon Road Recreation Ground by following this link AGM
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Paddling Pool status - The Paddling Pool is now closed for the Winter
The paddling pool should be open between
10am and 3pm in the Summer months.
Beckenham Fireworks in the Park
Saturday 2nd November 2024
The beautifully restored, Grade 2 listed bandstand at Croydon Road Recreation Ground is now open for bookings for community events during the summer season. If you are interested in performing where David Bowie once played please contact us at bandstand@becrec.net New park signage! Following the approval of our bid application to obtain funding from the London Borough of Bromley Platinum Jubilee Parks Fund, our proposal to install some new park signage in the park was accepted. The money has now allowed us to design and install new park signage at four of the park's major entrances. Improved access to the park will be of benefit to all, and two of the signboards now include space for advertising special events etc. Applications were welcomed from Friends groups and had to include the backing of at least 100 local residents who are on the electoral roll within the London Borough of Bromley. Many thanks to everyone who helped!
(click images above to enlarge) A concert marking the successful restoration of the much-loved Grade II listed bandstand took place on Friday 17th May 2024 For All Bandstand Restoration News please visit the Project page Future Plans Toilet refurbishment has been brought up by ourselves, the cafe and the Ward Councillors as a priority for the park (see the article below). Another longer term improvement for the park will be refurbishment of the paddling pool, for which we have already started fundraising. LBB are also planning to refurbish the smaller gazebo/shelter in the park this year, should the external funding prove forthcoming. The state of the park's toilets
The Friends are increasingly concerned about the state of the park’s toilets, following several recent complaints. idverde ground staff are contracted by Bromley Council to clean and re-stock the toilets every morning when the toilets are unlocked; the Service level Agreement is once a day. The toilets have deteriorated recently and
have experienced vandalism and anti-social behaviour. The
state of the toilets has led to the ward Councillor
escalating the situation with the Portfolio Holder for
parks at Bromley Council. Due to these problems, the idverde team has committed to monitoring the toilets at various times during the day and cleaning and restocking them as necessary. Time sheets have now been placed in the toilet for the operative to sign on each visit and a supervisor will visit periodically to assess the condition and request a clean, if necessary. The team will inform management immediately if there are any signs of anti-social behaviour and record any damage to the toilet block so that this can be reported to Bromley Council, for repairs to be initiated. We would encourage all Friends to report
issues with the toilets direct to the council. The more
we report it the more pressure we put on Bromley Council
to address the issues . Please report all issues with the
toilets (and any other matters in the park) here: Longer term we are campaigning for a full refurbishment of the toilet block to coincide with the bandstand renovation and we would welcome support from all Friends to pressure Bromley Council to provide funding to support this. If any Friends are interested in volunteering to help with repainting and refreshing the toilets in a community day partnership with IdVerde and Bromley Council please email John Backway, Membership Secretary at jmbackway@yahoo.co.uk. All materials will be provided and no toilet cleaning would be expected ! The Gate Lodge and adjacent Gateway awarded Grade II Listing by Historic England
David Bowie's festival bandstand gets Grade II listing (August 2019)
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