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The more informal Park has a large green space, a play area, a paddling pool opened in 1930, a refreshment kiosk and public toilets. East of the paddling pool is a memorial to
Ebenezer Howard: a stone tablet installed in 1930, flanked by curved brick screen walls. In the south-west corner of the Park
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Heritage Museum is situated next to Howard Gardens, adjacent to its western boundary. It was built in 1906–1907, as offices for the Parker and Unwin firm, in the style of a medieval
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