{"id":5481,"date":"2020-06-22T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2023-04-03T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:56:07","slug":"corams-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/corams-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Coram’s Fields – A Sanctuary for Children since 1739"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coram’s Fields is definitely a park where children are in focus; no adults are allowed to enter without arriving with a child! The park located in Bloomsbury was once the site of the Foundling Hospital established by Captain Thomas Coram in 1739 to care for the unwanted and discarded children of London.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Foundling Hospital was moved out of London in 1920, the area was intended to be redeveloped. The hospital building was demolished and the only remaining structures were the single-storey Georgian collonaded structures that you can see there today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The original Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, the local population had something else in mind and an enormous fundraising effort led to the establishment of a park here in 1936. This playground was the first public playground for children in London<\/strong> and is still very popular among local families. Children love parks and running around outdoors is sometimes just about the best fun of all for both parent and child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do for kids at Coram’s Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n