Slade Gardens

Slade Gardens is named after the Slade family who originally owned land in the area, but it was then built over for housing by the 1870s. After the Second World War it was acquired by London County Council and then laid out and opened as Slade Gardens in 1958. In recent years the site has been extensively re-landscaped with a network of paths, paved areas, seating and ornamental trees and low shrubs, but is otherwise largely remains a visible and welcoming open space.