Red Cross Garden

The Society of Friends first came up with the concept for Red Cross Garden (Quakers). In order to construct a meeting house on some land they already owned and utilized as a burial site, they took out a lease on the west side of Red Cross Street (now Red Cross Way) in Southwark in 1762. Although the name of the garden is written with two words and the name of the street is written with one, both are located on Redcross Way. It is located in Southwark, a borough of London. Elijah Hoole's design for the garden and its companion cottages serves as a precursor to one of Octavia Hill's social housing projects.

Red Cross Garden has been faithfully recreated to its original plan, complete with pond, house, bandstand, and formal borders. It was originally created to provide Southwark kids from adjacent tenements with a spot to play. It plays a significant role in the history of social transformation in the city. It's difficult to picture the scene in 1887 while sitting in the reconstructed bandstand and looking up at the glass Shard, when it was surrounded by slums, factories, and workhouses. In 2005, a contemporary mosaic was also put in place. A blue plaque honoring Hill from the London Borough of Southwark was erected on the building in 2007. One of London's best secret gardens, according to The Daily Telegraph in 2016, was this one. For weddings, the garden is available for rental.

Address: 50 Redcross Way, London SE1 1HA, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7403 3393
Opening hours: 9AM - 5PM
Rating: 4.6/5.0, 205 Google reviews
Website: https://www.bost.org.uk/red-cross-garden