Hampden Park, East Sussex

Hampden Park, East Sussex

Hampden Park is a suburb of Eastbourne. It is notable for its unique railway station, where local trains on the East Coastway Line stop twice, and is currently the busiest level crossing in Europe.Fact|date=January 2008 This station, now known as Hampden Park station, was once named 'Willingdon Halt'.

Attractions

Hampden Park itself is a large pleasant space with a fair sized lake. There is a park cafe called Lakeside Cafe, a children's playground, outdoor tennis courts, playing fields and plenty of routes for joggers and strollers, as well as a large area of sports fields. The area is the home of Eastbourne Rugby Club and two bowls clubs are nearby. Its main inhabitants are the grey squirrel, and several species inhabit the lake, notably Mallard ducks, Canada geese, Mute Swans, the Common Moorhen, Gulls and the Rock Pigeon.

History

Prior to 1901 the land now called Hampden Park was part of the Ratton Estate owned by Lord Willingdon. Ratton is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1087 and for a long time the woodland and lake had been a decoy attracting wildfowl for the estate kitchens. By the end of the 19th century the lake had probably fallen into disuse. Lord Willingdon agreed to sell 78 acres to Eastbourne Corporation on condition that a new main road, Kings Drive, was built from Eastbourne to Willingdon. Hampden Park, named after Lord Willingdon’s grandfather, Viscount Hampden, was opened by Lord Rosebery on 12 August, 1902 and was the first Corporation-owned park in Eastbourne. [Hampden Park Guide 2007 [http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/Easysite/admin/AssetManager_ServeAsset.asp?crypt=%C2%89%C2%AD%C2%A8%C2%95%C2%91%C2%93%C2%BE%C2%BA%C2%B5%C2%95%C2%A2%C2%BD%C3%80%C2%B0%C3%89%C3%93%C2%82%C2%A2%C3%85%C2%B7%C2%90%C2%B9%C2%9E%C2%A1%C2%81%C2%86v%C2%81gP%C2%B0%C2%BA%C2%9D%C2%A7zm%7C%C2%94o%C2%82%C2%99%C2%B6%C2%A9%C2%96%60%C2%A2%C2%95%C3%86%C2%9D%C2%93I%C3%8D%C3%81%C3%80%C3%8Dt%C2%BC%C3%85%C2%B1%C2%A9%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2 PDF] , Friends of The Hampden Park]

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