Forster Memorial Park (Sensory Garden)

Forster Memorial Park is a popular public park off Whitefoot Lane. It is unusual in that the central area of grassland is surrounded by a ring of ancient woodland, which provides peace and tranquillity in a heavily urbanised area. This park was originally part woodland, part fields. It was owned by the Forster family. In 1919 Lord Forster, a local resident and governor general of Australia between 1920 and 1925, made a gift of part of his estate as a memorial to his two sons, Alfred and John, who were both killed during the First World War.