Where is danson park

Parks, leisure and libraries. Find out where to play, learn and hang out, or join a group working on making Bexley even better. Sport and fitness. Keep active with sport and fitness activities and achieve a positive impact on your physical and wellbeing. Is this page useful? Leave this field blank. Danson Park Adventures offers a wide variety of water and land-based activities and courses perfect for anyone over the age of eight with any skill level.

Our centre has qualified instructors for all activities on offer. All our instructors are enhanced DBS checked. All adventurous equipment is provided, and changing facilities are available.

The C20 water garden, separated from the lake by a brick footbridge, is situated in the area where, in the C18, the Danson Brook fed into the lake. The two pieces of water that make up the water garden are recorded on the OS 1st edition map of The land laid out as parkland lies to the south, west, and north of The Mansion. The land to the south slopes away from the house, levelling off before the lake and then rising slightly again to the south of the lake.

The level areas of land are used for football in the winter months. Tree cover is sparse compared with the clumps and blocks of woodland shown on the C18 and C19 plans, and consists largely of a scatter of C20 individuals with more concentrated planting along the banks of the lake. The C20 planting at the west end of the lake and around the water garden contrasts with the open aspect of the late C18 and early C19 sale plan, and screens the view of the house from the south-west parkland.

C20 plantings help to screen the site from the A2 trunk road which runs along the southern boundary. There is an ice well close to the eastern edge of the park. The sale plan shows a simplified design similar to the Lower and Middle Lakes on the C18 plan and similar to the piece of water at Danson today The lower eastern section of the lake is known to have been under construction by when Sir William Chambers was commissioned to design a temple at its eastern end and a bridge at the western end.

The lake was filled in during the Second World War as it was considered an obvious landmark for enemy aircraft but was subsequently re-excavated; it is currently used for boating. There is a cafe and boathouse C20 on the north-east shore. Little of the original parkland survives to the north and west of The Mansion.

The stable block to the north of the house is thought to have been designed by George Dance the younger; this has been converted to a restaurant and is fronted by a public car park. The views back to the house from the west are obscured by trees on the garden boundary. Danson Park was the private estate lands for Danson Hill, a mansion built between for wealthy merchant Sir John Boyd.

The grounds were laid out at the same time, designed by Nathaniel Richmond in the manner of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, with a large ornamental lake overlooked by the mansion. The mansion, leased to English Heritage, is open occasionally. The hand dryer cannot be reached from seated on the toilet. The hand dryer is placed higher than cm 3ft 3in. The height of the hand dryer is cm 3ft 7in.

There is a toilet roll holder. The toilet roll holder can be reached from seated on the toilet. The toilet roll holder is not placed higher than cm 3ft 3in.

There is a wash basin. The wash basin cannot be reached from seated on the toilet. The wash basin is placed higher than 74cm 2ft 5in. The height of the wash basin is 80cm 2ft 7in. The contrast between the external door and wall is fair. The contrast between the internal door and wall is good. The contrast between the wall-mounted grab rail s and wall is good. The contrast between the walls and floor is good. The lighting levels are moderate to good. There is a ceiling hoist within the accessible toilet.

There is a second accessible toilet next to the kiosk in the playground, on the opposite side of the building. Please see the guide to the playground for details. Due to Covid, two of the accessible toilets are currently closed. Standard toilets are available. The female and male toilets are located to the right of the car park. The female and male toilets are 10m 32ft 10in from the car park.

Inside the venue, there is not level access to the female and male toilet. Lighting levels are medium. Baby change facilities are not located within the venue. There is a medium step in front of the male standard toilet and a shallow step in front of the female standard toilet. A bowl of water can be provided for an assistance dog.