Mile End Park

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{{Short description|Park in Bethnal Green, London}}
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[[File:Mile End Park - geograph.org.uk - 1423275.jpg|thumb|Mile End Park]]
'''Mile End Park''' is a park located in the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]. It is a linear park of some {{convert|32|ha|acre}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.green-space.org.uk/downloads/parkit/CaseStudies2005/CaseStudy-MileEnd.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116135926/http://www.green-space.org.uk/downloads/parkit/CaseStudies2005/CaseStudy-MileEnd.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 November 2009 |title=Park It! London |author= |website=green-space.org.uk |publisher=www.park-it.org.uk |accessdate=15 September 2013 }}</ref> and was created on industrial land devastated by [[World War II]] bombing, with the park lying on land to the east of the [[Regent's Canal]]. In the north, it is separated from the southern edge of [[Victoria Park, East London|Victoria Park]] by the [[Hertford Union Canal]]. It is open 24 hours a day.

[[File:Mile end green bridge 1.jpg|thumb|right|The Green Bridge carries Mile End Park over the Mile End Road]]
A plan existed from the end of the war to create the park, but extensive development did not begin until the end of the millennium. A pedestrian bridge, opened in July 1999, was built over the Mile End Road, which bisects the park, near [[Mile End tube station]]. The bridge was designed by [[Piers Gough]].<ref>[http://www.lja.uk.com/index.php?page=516 ''Mile End Park'' (Case study)] accessed 7 Nov 2007</ref> Prior to the park's construction, ''[[193 Grove Road]]'' - at the edge of the park - was transformed by sculptor [[Rachel Whiteread]] into a cast of its interior. This work won her the [[Turner Prize]] in 1993.

In 1381, 60,000 ''Men of Essex'' camped here and met [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] at [[Mile End]], on 14 June 1381, during the [[Peasants' Revolt]].<ref>Alastair Dunn (2002), ''The Great Rising of 1381: The Peasant's Revolt and England's Failed Revolution'', {{ISBN|0-7524-2323-1}}</ref>

The park now consists of a number of elements (running north–south): ''The Play Arena'' - for children, ''The Ecology Park'' - including a lake, an ecology building, wind turbine and [[climbing wall]], ''The Arts Park'', ''The Green Bridge'', ''The Terraced Garden'', ''The South Park'', ''Adventure Park'', ''Sports Park'' - including the [[Mile End stadium]], ''Kirk's Place'' and ''The Children's Park''. Nearby are an extreme sports centre and an electric [[Go kart]] track.

The [[Ragged School Museum]] opened in 1990 in three canal side former warehouses in Copperfield Road. It faces the western edge of the park south of Mile End Road. The buildings previously housed [[Thomas John Barnardo|Dr Barnado]]'s Copperfield Road [[Ragged School]].

The park has been awarded the ''London First Award'', the Green bridge the ''[[Institution of Civil Engineers]] Award of Merit'', a commendation at the ''[[British Construction Industry Awards]]'' and a special commendation from the ''Prime Minister's Award''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mile End Park - Tower Hamlets - Arts & Entertainment|url=http://www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk/?cid=17813|publisher=Tower Hamlets|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref>

The park has an active [https://fomep.org.uk Friends group].

==Mile End Stadium==
[[File:MileEnd Park.JPG|thumb|right|Mile End Park]]
[[Mile End Stadium]], situated at the south end of the park, underwent refurbishment which was completed in 2005. A new sport and fitness centre, the Mile End Park Leisure Centre was built adjacent to the Stadium and opened in 2006. It houses a four- court sports hall, two swimming pools (including one competition standard pool), state-of-the-art fitness studios, and a health suite and sauna.

The Mile End Climbing Wall is also located in Mile End Park.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100704210628/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/451-500/461_parks/mile_end_park.aspx Mile End park (LB Tower Hamlets)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100824032228/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/451-500/461_parks/mile_end_park/audio_walk.aspx Mile End park Audio Tour featuring Joanna Lumley (LB Tower Hamlets)]
*[https://fomep.org.uk The Friends of Mile End Park]

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[[Category:Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]
[[Category:Linear parks]]
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