London’s Pocket Parks: Christ Church Gardens, SW3

These are two pocket parks that sit on either side of an 186-year-old church deep in the Chelsea suburbs and are open to the public to sit in and relax.Christ Church was built in the 1830s to serve the growing population around Chelsea at a time when it was still a small town separate from the rest of London.
Built as a chapel of ease to St Luke’s parish church and catering mainly to the local working population, it was designed to accommodate the maximum number of people at minimum cost.