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Opened in 1845, Victoria Park is one of London's oldest public parks, covering around 86 hectares across the East End boroughs of Tower Hamlets and the edge of Hackney. Often called the People's Park, it was created by Act of Parliament in response to petitions for green space to improve the health of the densely populated East End, and was laid out by the architect Sir James Pennethorne in the mid-1840s. From the outset it was conceived as a place of recreation for working Londoners, and it b...