This is Streatham Common Carefully Hidden Secret

Nestled in a little-explored part of Streatham Common, is a lovely secret garden you don’t want to miss.

London is a city of over nine million people—with 14,000 residents per square mile—is packed with wildlife. Almost 15,000 species live here. There are nearly as many trees in London as people, and almost half of its urban areas are either green or blue region, showing rivers, canals, and reservoirs.

The green area in central London consists of five of the capital's eight Royal Parks, plus several small garden squares scattered throughout the city centre. Green open areas in the remainder of the region is dominated by the other three Royal Parks and many other parks and public areas of a range of sizes, governed primarily by the local London boroughs.

London is made of 40% public green space, including 3,000 parks and totalling 35,000 acres.

In July 2019, London was officially confirmed as the world's first National Park City.

You have no excuse not to go out and explore all the beautiful parks in London.

Some are less knows than others. But, that doesn't mean they have less history or beauty. Here, we are going to learn a little more about a park in South-West London:

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