This small semicircular park, with a road leading to it at one end and a pedestrian pathway at the other, is I believe a part of Rosebery dating back to the original John Sulman design. It is not, in truth, a fully enclosed reserve by dint of Rosebery Avenue entering it from the north. However, all the other elements are typical of IRs from the first quarter of the 20th century, particularly the pedestrian path at the south end.
Visiting this reserve on 28 July 2014, my friend Annabel and I encountered a local whose property adjoins the reserve. He was, in fact, a Cretan by birth but did not, he said, represent a large Cretan community in the area. The reserve was, like so many of its ilk, described to us as being a place where 'boyfriend and girlfriend' would meet at night, and where marijuana was smoked, alongside other activities generally considered antisocial. This gentleman nevertheless greatly appreciated the park and particularly its trees.
