Parks are vitally important, particularly in urban environments like London. To be able to escape the concrete and steel cage of the city, for just an hour possibly, has to be a good thing. Not that the countryside is for everyone, there are plenty of people who can't stand the slowness, the absence of activity, but to have that sort of space is very good. Below we've provided you with a shortlist of what we think are the best parks in South London, and we've tried to make the spread as fair as possible. Obviously all of this is subjective, and we may have missed your favourite park out, for that we can only apologise - we did our best. We limited our selection to spaces which the are defined as parks by their respective councils, if it is defined as a park, we included it - which explains the presence of Blackheath in the shortlist. We've been asking you guys to vote a bit recently, and you guys have responded really well. We had a vote for South London's Best Train Station, and then we asked you to vote for South London's Worst Train Station - almost twice as many of you voted in the latter poll, giving an indicator as to how much us South Londoners like a good moan. We won't be asking you to vote for South London's worst park though, we don't think that's anything worth celebrating at all - parks as an idea are inherently positive, and should be treated so, regardless of their current state. Anyway, we've included images of the parks below the voting form, have a look at some of those if you need to be reminded what they look like. The voting closes on Thursday 27th July, and the results will be released on Friday 28th July.
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Avery Hill Park
Battersea Park
Beckenham Place Park
Bermondsey Spa Gardens
Blackheath
Brockwell Park
Burgess Park
Clapham Common
Crystal Palace Park
Dulwich Park
Foots Cray Meadow
Greenwich Park
Hall Place Gardens
Hawkwood Estate
High Elms Country Park
Hilly Fields
Horniman Gardens
Kennington Park
King George’s Park
Ladywell Fields
Manor House Gardens
Morden Hall Park
Oxleas Wood
Peckham Rye Park
Richmond Park
Ruskin Park
Southmere Park
Southwark Park
Sutcliffe Park
Vauxhall Park
Wandsworth Common
Wandsworth Park
Wimbledon Common
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