Fordham Park is a public park in

New Cross New Cross is an area in south east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, Telegraph Hill, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Gree ...

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

, owned and managed by the

London Borough of Lewisham Lewisham () is a London borough in south-east London; it forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham. The local authority is Lewisham London Borough Council, based in Catford. The Prime Meridian passes throu ...

. It lies in between

and New Cross Gate railway stations, and just north of the A2 road between London and Dover. It is immediately south to

Deptford Green School Deptford Green School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school in Deptford, Lewisham, England with approximately 1100 pupils. Deptford Green also has specialisms in Humanities, with English, Citizenship and Drama as flagship subjects. T ...

, and is often used by students as a sports area. The park in New Cross was regenerated in 2010 with new lighting, trees, furniture and play elements being added to the park. The park contains a public memorial plaque and bench dedicated to the victims of the

New Cross house fire The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981. The blaze killed 13 young black people aged between 14 and 22, and one survivor took his ...

of 1981; the memorials were installed in 2012.

Deptford Urban Free festival

From 1990 to 1996 Fordham park was the venue of the annual Deptford Urban Free Festival. Such bands as

Back to the Planet Back to the Planet are an anarcho-punk band from London, England. Their music blends elements of ska, dub, punk, and electronic dance music. They formed in 1989, split in 1995 to pursue personal music projects. They had a reunion gig in 20 ...

and

Test Dept Test Dept, sometimes credited as Test Department is a British industrial music group from London, England, that was one of the most important and influential early industrial music acts. Their approach was marked by the use of "found" material ...

played at the festival.

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External sources

*{{Official, http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/parks/Pages/fordham-park.aspx Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Lewisham Deptford New Cross