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Battersea Park

Battersea Park is a 200 acre (0.83 km²) green space in Battersea, London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea. It was opened in 1858.The park occupies a mix of marshland reclaimed from the Thames, and land formerly used for market gardens serving the growing London population.The park is home to a small children's zoo, a boating lake, a bandstand, and several all-weather outdoor sporting facilities including tennis courts, a running track and football pitches.The park is also the site of the London Buddhist Pagoda, erected amidst some controversy in 1985, during Ken Livingstone's tenure as leader of the now abolished Greater London Council. Also in 1985, a replica of the bronze statue of a dog that was the focal point of the historic vivisection-related Brown Dog affair was erected in this park.Over the course of 2002-4, the park underwent an 11m refurbishment funded in part by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and was re-opened on 4 June 2004 by Prince Phillip.

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