Red Cross Garden

Red Cross Garden stands as a pioneer in urban design, established in eighteen eighty-seven as the first purpose-built pocket park in London. Social reformer Octavia Hill created this space as a direct response to the cramped and industrial conditions of Victorian Southwark, envisioning it as an open-air sitting room for the neighborhood's tired inhabitants. She believed that access to nature was essential for health and well-being, a principle she championed throughout her life as a co-founder of the National Trust. Continue