Motspur Park

Description

Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes is a suburb in south-west London in the boroughs of Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and London Borough of Merton. It owes its identity to the railway station of the same name, which has six trains an hour to London's Waterloo, and to the adjacent parade of small shops. Two prominent gas holders, which are used to store the consumer gas supply for south west London stand just south of the shopping parade and can be seen from a wide area. Two of London’s minor natural water courses run through the area. The Beverley Brook runs south to north through its centre and its smaller tributary the Pyl Brook runs parallel further to the east. These have in the past given rise to some local flooding. The Motspur Park athletics stadium was built by the University of London in 1928 and achieved fame when the world mile record was set there in 1938. It was sold to Fulham Football Club as their training ground in 1999.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motspur_Park
• ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/ldbboard/dep/MOT
• www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/MOT/details.html
• www.friendsofsjh.org/index.htm
• www.motspurpark.info/ps.html
• www.motspurpark.info
• www.old-maps.co.uk/oldmaps/index_external.jsp

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