Streatham Green

Streatham Green was originally part of 'Tooting Bec Common' an extensive area of open space that was gradually enclosed and sold off for various developments. The land now occupied by the Green was saved from development and converted into a public open space. The Green is also home to the 'Dyce Drinking Fountain', a recently restored Grade II listed monument first erected by public subscription in 1862 at a cost of £250. It first stood at the junction of Mitcham Lane and Streatham High Road, but was moved to its present site in 1933 as a result of a road widening scheme.