Wednesday, 5 May 2021 - BROCKWELL PARK TO CLAPHAM COMMON - 5 miles - Leader: Hilary J

A lovely meander through Brockwell Park to Clapham Common with street walking as well. Stopping to look at Brockwell Hall, a late Georgian house, the Brixton Windmill built by John Ashby in 1816 and recently renovated, The Orangery in the middle of the Notre Dame Estate " formerly part of a miniature landscape estate with a lake, belonging to the Thornton family" built in 1793 and finally Holy Trinity Church on the Common. The church is most famously associated with William Wilberforce and the group of friends known to history as "the Clapham Sect". A walk with an historical flavour!

· Leader briefs us on less travelled parts of south London we are going to visit

· Welcome to Brockwell Park!

· Aaaah!

· Brockwell Park walled garden

· Brixton windmill – volunteer enthuses us all on what’s going on

· Notre Dame estate – Orangery dating from its earlier girls’ boarding school incarnation

· Clapham Common fountain advertising clean drinking water

· Holy Trinity Church – a plaque commemorates the Clapham Set who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade.

 Photos: Ruth