‘Most of our children live in flats’: London park boarded up by developers

Peabody yet to restore park after finishing construction work in 2020, leaving children with no green space

Families in south London are demanding that an award-winning developer reopens a park that was boarded up in 2016 for the construction of new homes.

Hatcham Gardens sits in a densely built part of Lewisham next to a school and surrounded by flats. Peabody was given permission by Lewisham council to close the park temporarily for use during construction.