{"id":6875,"date":"2026-03-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=6875"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:49:33","slug":"haggerston-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/haggerston-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Blossom and Haggerston Park March 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-09-11.14.54.jpg\" alt=\"Blosson in Haggerston Park on 9th March 2025, photo by kevin flude\" class=\"wp-image-6877\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blosson in Haggerston Park on 9th March 2025, photo by K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Peak Blossom varies year by year. Two years ago, I declared it on March 19th, last year it was later. Normally, it is late March &#8211; Early April.However, walking around my local Park Haggerston Park today, Haggerston is whitewashed with amazing blossom. I thought it was Blackthorn, until I read that Blackthorn was the tree from which Sloes are grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My &#8216;Flora Incognita&#8217; app tells me that it is Cherry Plum, Prunus cerasifera. This makes sense as in the summer, there were people collecting the small plums that were growing on the trees. The pink variety of cherry are not yet at peak blossom. I will post about peak blossom, later today..  To read about Cherry Blossom read my post <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/peak-cherry-blossom-march-19th\/\">here.<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local magnolia&#8217;s are beginning to come out, although I noticed a lot more in my Dad&#8217;s area which  is 40 miles south. I bought a magnolia about 18 months ago, had quite a fine show in its first year, but this year the scaffolders managed to destroy all the buds, and the squirrels did further damage. So keeping my fingers crossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Haggerston Park <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am using this occasion to write about my local park which I have been saving up for a &#8216;vacant day&#8217;. (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/february-16th-a-vacant-day-says-ovid\/\">my post of Ovid and Vacant days<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haggerston Park was built on the site of derelict houses, a tile manufacturer and a Gas Works in the post war years. The Gas works was situated by the Regent&#8217;s Canal with its own basin for loading supplies. In the 80s the Park expanded to take in some areas which were formerly residential streets. All that really remains of the Gas works are the perimeter walls, and the outline of the canal basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The park is a well-loved local facility with green lawns,  trees and flowers. It also has a great new playground for kids; astroturf football pitches; tennis courts, toilets, cafe, City farm, and a wild wooded area. This is dominated by the Cherry Plum trees and is a haven for squirrels. Rats loved it too, but I haven&#8217;t seen one for 2 years or so. I think they have been successfully &#8216;controlled&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some strange parts of the design which, I hoped, were traces or inspired by industrial archaeology, but it turns out the designer wanted a maritime theme. So there are flagpoles, tripods and brick structures which are supposedly somewhat maritime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Park Henges<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gardeners obviously like the hengiform design because the Park has a lot of henges, and circles. I have my own name for most of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Snowdrop Henge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-07-10.50.16.jpg\" alt=\"Snowdrop henge Haggerston Park, photo K Flude\" class=\"wp-image-6880\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Snowdrop henge Haggerston Park, photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Silver Birch &amp; Crocus Circle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-07-10.50.52.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6881\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silver Birch Circle Haggerston Park, Photo Kevin Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The beautiful crocuses are not so clear in this picture, but they are really lovely! (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/february-19th-metamorphosis-crocus-and-saffron\/\">my post on Croci here<\/a>). Last year I got a better photo of the croci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2024-02-11-10.22.30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6891\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Haggerston Park, 2024 Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oak Tree Cluster<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-07-10.51.19.jpg\" alt=\"Oak Tree Cluster, Haggerston Park photo by Kevin Flude\" class=\"wp-image-6884\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oak Tree Cluster, Haggerston Park photo by Kevin Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This wonderful Oak tree is surrounded by daffodils and crocuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-07-10.52.13.jpg\" alt=\"Oak Tree and flowers, Haggerston Park Photo K Flude\" class=\"wp-image-6889\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oak Tree and flowers, Haggerston Park Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Primula Patch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-14-14.24.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6885\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Primula Patch, Haggerston Park, Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The circle is in the middle of the Basin that connected the Gas Works to the Regent&#8217;s Canal.  Theh patch would have been in the middle of the water, and the stone and brick walls, are the edge of the Basin.  See the map below.   I do hope they flowers are primulas. If not viola&#8217;s, primroses or other winter, spring flowering plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rose and Tripod Circle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"6b7979\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6b7979;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-1024x548.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11397 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-1024x548.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-300x161.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-768x411.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-1536x822.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-2048x1096.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25-1320x706.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose and Tripod Circle. This becomes particularly beautiful at the height of summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Avenue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"505d53\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #505d53;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11398 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/haggerston-rmay25_02-1320x743.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Avenue, Haggerston Park, photo Kevin Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>City Farm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The City Farm was set up in 1984 on a site that was once a brewery. It provides a community and educational resource to give people experience of animals and growing plants.  It has poultry, ducks, geese, sheep, pigs, goats, donkeys and bees.  There is also a lovely cafe callled Frizzante and a shop that sells groceries without packaging.  For more on the bluefaced Leicester Sheep at the farm see my post<a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/time-to-tup-your-sheep-november-7th\/\"> here<\/a>, and on City Farm piglets <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/november-18th-time-to-make-sausages\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Heron in the Pond, Ancient Wisteria <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"6893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2021-07-02-13.53.08-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2021-07-02-13.53.08-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2021-07-02-13.53.08-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2021-07-02-13.53.08-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2021-07-02-13.53.08-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2021-07-02-13.53.08-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"6892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tower-hamlets_apr_20_23-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tower-hamlets_apr_20_23-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tower-hamlets_apr_20_23-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tower-hamlets_apr_20_23-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tower-hamlets_apr_20_23-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tower-hamlets_apr_20_23-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wisteria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gas Works<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-19.44.3-detail1-haggerston-park.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-19.44.3-detail1-haggerston-park.jpg 626w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-19.44.3-detail1-haggerston-park-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-19.44.3-detail1-haggerston-park-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-19.44.3-detail1-haggerston-park-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Haggerston Park  1877 Ordance Survey Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Park covers the area of the Imperial Gas Works shown above. The photos above are in the area of the old Retort House (top left of the Gas works).  The Haggerston Basin is to the left of that. To the left of the Basin are a series of Factories and Yards: Stone Yard, Timber Yard.  North of the second Stone Yard is the Ice Warehouse.  Near the top left. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/november-29th-ice-houses-and-how-to-make-a-dish-of-snow\/\">for my post on Ice Houses please look here<\/a>). The Regent&#8217;s Canal is just below the top of the map.  It was constructed in 1820 or so.  This stretch is now  the &#8216;Haggerston Riviera&#8217;,  and is trendy!). The Canal is the reason for the concentration of 19th Century Industry here. There were brick works, cigarette, breweries, gun, gunpowder, chemical, furniture and many other industries strung along the canal and connecting roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a more colourful map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stanfords-Map-1905_03.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6890\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1909 map of Haggerston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First written on 19th March 2025, revised 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peak Blossom varies year by year. Two years ago, I declared it on March 19th, last year it was later. Normally, it is late March &#8211; Early April.However, walking around my local Park Haggerston Park today, Haggerston is whitewashed with amazing blossom. I thought it was Blackthorn, until I read that Blackthorn was the tree &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/haggerston-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blossom and Haggerston Park March 18th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[120,112,116,23,4,16,185,322,101],"tags":[650,2104,2457,2100,331,21,2102,2103],"class_list":["post-6875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19th-century","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-calendar","category-heritage","category-london","category-modern","category-nature","category-uk","category-world-war-2","tag-blossom","tag-cherry-plum","tag-hackney-city-farm","tag-haggerston","tag-ice-house","tag-london","tag-regents-canal","tag-shoreditch-imperial-gas-works"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blossom and Haggerston Park March 18th - And Did Those Feet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Haggerston Park and its origins as a Gas Works. 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