I absolutely agree with them. And that goes for the Garthorne Rd reserve as well. Sorry.

We are desperately short of space in SE23, including public green space.
How can it be justified to lock these spaces away and charge people a dollar and a half just to see them every year if we are lucky?

When Dacres Rd reserve was open access 10 years ago, I spent many many weekends over there with my young children and it was like a fantasy land to them, with the meandering paths, the pond and visions of horse drawn barges being pulled along towpaths. We have very fond memories that will last a lifetime.

It would be a real loss to the area for this to be developed on. But these areas are lost to us already. That is the sad thing.