Ponies by Burgess Park.

[Selma]

Now I know this is not East Dulwich, but considering the numbers of people that cycles from East Dulwich to the City that would pass them, someone might know.

At the end of Canal Route, coming up to Glengall Road, there are a two ponies there and there have been for a number of weeks. The land looks like it belongs to the council and it looks like very temporary set-up for them (rope as a gate and an old water tank for their drinking water). I presume it belongs to some travelers, but maybe someone else knows more?

[Scruffy Mummy]

There is a small stables at the Willowbrook Centre, on Willowbrook Road (it is the big white house - used to be the canal keepers house - with the big veranda next to the canal path which houses about 3 or 4 horses - I used to work in the Centre at one of the voluntary organisations based there. A couple of local people own the horses and they exercise them on Burgess park and sometimes let them graze there. Peckham has a history of working class people - not travellers - owning horses in the area although I think now this is the only stables left in the area.

[mikeb]

A couple of years ago, there were also two ponies in the same patch. After about a month, a poster went up claiming the council had evicted them. I thought they belonged to the semi-permanent houses next door.

I thought it was a shame at the time since that bit of wasteland isn't used for anything else and lots of children enjoying seeing them. The piece opposite is also empty and overgrown. Having said that, I'm not sure I would support large parts of the park being enclosed.