Cluny Mews Gardens

This has to be the smallest ‘public garden’ ever to bear the name: tucked in the corner between Cluny Mews, West Cromwell Road and Warwick Road, it’s basically some hard and soft landscaping around a single tree. There’s seating and a rubbish bin, some informal low-​maintenance borders, stone paving and walls and the aforementioned tree, with a rather stern notice about not letting dogs foul the area. It’s actually kept in pretty good condition by the local council.
To be fair, this is a decent attempt to make something of what was a small piece of semi-​derelict land in an awkward spot. Remarkably, the seats are often used by people walking along the road, especially the elderly, and the odd wino. I say remarkably, because it’s hardly tranquil: the thunderous traffic along West Cromwell Road — 6 lanes wide at this point and just feet away — effectively sees to that.
Still, better than a scruffy and litter-​strewn corner.