5/5 Deepa P. 2 months ago on Google • 377 reviews New
Awesome
park
on
the
outskirts
of
Croydon.
It
is
open
24
hours
a
day
throughout
the
year.
The
main
entrance
is
from
Coombe
Road,
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Lloyd
Park
tram
stop,
where
two
car-parking
areas
are
available.
'The
Lounge
Cafe'
is
also
sited
next
to
the
car
parks.
Facilities
available
include
rugby
and
football
pitches,
bowls,
hard
court
tennis,
children's
playground,
car
parking,
cafe,
open-air
gymnasium,
disc
golf,
changing
rooms
and
facilities,
orienteering,
cross
country
courses,
horse
riding
and
a
pond.
Towards
the
northern
edge
of
the
park
is
an
area
known
as
The
Squashes,
where
a
line
of
springs
emerge
during
wet
weather,
the
most
frequent
being
Rippingill.
To
the
north,
access
is
from
Deepdene
and
Mapledale
Avenue,
and
the
park
adjoins
Grimwade
Avenue
and
Addiscombe
Cricket
Club.
To
the
east
the
park
is
bordered
by
Shirley
Park
Golf
Course.
It
was
created
from
land
owned
by
Frank
Lloyd
(son
of
Edward
Lloyd)
a
newspaper
proprietor
who
died
in
1927
which
was
bequeathed
to
the
Borough
of
Croydon
by
his
family,
after
his
death.
The
park
is
not
enclosed,
as
would
typically
be
the
case
for
suburban
parks.
Coombe
Road
is
bordered
by
a
low
hedge
and
grass-covered
earth
banks
have
been
raised
along
the
open
Lloyd
Park
Avenue
side
to
deter
vehicular
access.