Latchmere Recreation Ground, Battersea

Latchmere Recreation Ground
Latchmere Recreation Ground / Latchmere Park
Type	Public open space
Location	Battersea
Coordinates	51°28′19″N 0°09′43″W / 51.472°N 0.162°W / 51.472; -0.162[1]
Area	0.75 hectares (1.9 acres)[2]
Created	1902–1906
Operated by	London Borough of Wandsworth
Open	Dawn till dusk. All year
Status	conservation area[3]

Latchmere Recreation Ground or Latchmere Park is a public open space with a children's playground in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located approximately 300 metres (330 yd) south of the far larger Battersea Park and the River Thames beyond. It is bounded by Burns Road to the south and Reform Street to the east and north. The former Latchmere School site, converted to housing in 1996, forms the eastern boundary.^[3]

Latchmere Recreation Ground is a slightly humped, quadrilateral-shaped area mostly laid out to amenity grass with trees and intermittent shrub beds around the perimeter and specimen trees in the interior. The park is surrounded by low metal railing fencing. Pedestrian access is via gateways opposite St James' Grove mid-way on the northern side which leads via a wide footpath to another due south on Burns Road. This footpath is designated as a public highway.^[2] Another footpath with vehicle access has its entrance on Reform Street on the eastern side. This path intersects the other at a wide circular paved space then curves south to a second gateway further west on Burns Road. Children's playground areas lie centrally on either side of the pathways.

The site is currently maintained and managed by Wandsworth Council in conjunction with Enable Leisure and Culture and their amenity and arboricultural maintenance contractors.^[4]