Editing Blackheath, London (section)

==Culture and community==
[[File:Blackheath Bartley Park.jpg|thumb|Memorial fountain on south side of Batley Park in [[Westcombe Park|the Standard]]]]
Two clusters of amenities vie for retail and leisure: the "Village" around [[Blackheath railway station]] to the south of the heath and the "Standard" in the north of St Johns/Vanburgh Park i.e. beyond the A2 road, named after the Royal Standard pub<ref>TfL http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/blackheath-royal-stand.pdf</ref> (in [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]]). The north of the green is in the [[Westcombe Park]] neighbourhood, which has its own railway station about 400 metres north – part of East Greenwich.<ref name="achurchnearyou.com"/> The total {{convert|0.35|ha|1|adj=on}} green and fountain sub-green was at first one [[village green]], known during the 18th century as Sheepgate Green, beside a crossroads of what was the London-Dover road. Around 1885 local philanthropist William Fox Batley had it refurbished and it became known as Batley Green or Batley Park;<ref name=WPCAAppraisal>[http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/downloads/download/15/westcombe_park_conservation_area_appraisal Westcombe Park Conservation Area: Character Appraisal, March 2010]. Accessed: 20 July 2015</ref><ref>Rimel, Diana (2006), "History of the Standard", ''[http://westcombe.gold.ac.uk/newspdfs/wnews2-06.pdf Westcombe News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313164614/http://westcombe.gold.ac.uk/newspdfs/wnews2-06.pdf |date=13 March 2011 }}'', February 2006, p.6. Accessed: 20 July 2015.</ref> Batley's contribution is recorded in an inscription on a memorial fountain.

Just south of the railway station is the [[The Conservatoire|Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and the Arts]]. It is located close to [[Blackheath Halls]], a concert venue today owned and managed by [[Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance]]. To the north of the railway station, in Tranquil Vale, [[All Saints' Parish Hall]] is a locally listed building in [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts style]], built in 1928. It has housed the [[Mary Evans Picture Library]] since 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary Evans Picture Library – Client Update|url=https://www.maryevans.com/about.php?pageName=about3|access-date=2020-12-03|website=maryevans.com}}</ref>

The heath was host to an annual fireworks display on the Saturday in November closest to [[Guy Fawkes Night]]. This was jointly organised and financed by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham, but Greenwich Council withdrew its share of the funding in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8399263.BLACKHEATH__Greenwich_Council_pulls_out_of_fireworks_display/ |title=BLACKHEATH: Greenwich Council pulls out of fireworks display|publisher=Newsshopper.co.uk |date=17 September 2010 |access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref> The event was suspended during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020, and central government funding cuts forced its suspension from 2021.<ref name="Uyal-02Nov2022">{{cite news |last1=Uyal |first1=Berk |title=Blackheath Fireworks 2022: Lewisham Council confirms cancelled event |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/23093882.blackheath-fireworks-2022-lewisham-council-confirms-cancelled-event/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=News Shopper |date=2 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="fireworks">{{cite web |title=Blackheath fireworks |url=https://lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/events/fireworks |website=Lewisham Council |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> 

In September 2014, the inaugural ''On Blackheath'' festival was hosted on the heath. The line-up included [[Massive Attack]], [[Frank Turner]] and [[Grace Jones]].<ref>[http://www.festicket.com/festival/blackheath-2014/ Saturday, 13 September 2014 – Sunday, 14 September 2014], On Blackheath. Retrieved: 24 August 2015.</ref> The festival was repeated in September in 2015 (included [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]] and [[Manic Street Preachers]]),<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140708223545/http://www.onblackheath.com/line-up/ 2015 Headliners]}}, On Blackheath. Retrieved: 24 August 2015.</ref> 2016 (included [[Primal Scream]], [[James (band)|James]] and [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]), 2017 (included [[The Libertines]], [[Travis (band)|Travis]] and [[Metronomy]]),<ref name="Ellis-06Sep2017">{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=David |title=OnBlackheath Festival 2017 tickets, line up and everything you need to know |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/reveller/attractions/onblackheath-festival-2017-tickets-line-up-and-everything-you-need-to-know-a3628611.html |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=6 September 2017}}</ref> and 2018 (included Squeeze, [[De La Soul]] and [[Paloma Faith]])<ref name="Trenaman-07Sep2018">{{cite news |last1=Trenaman |first1=Calum |last2=Fletcher |first2=Harry |title=OnBlackheath: Tickets, line-up and everything you need to know |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/onblackheath-2018-tickets-line-up-paloma-faith-a3930066.html |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=7 September 2018}}</ref> then moved to July in 2019 (included [[Jamiroquai]], Grace Jones, [[Soul II Soul]]).<ref name="Embley-10Jul2019">{{cite news |last1=Embley |first1=Jochan |title=OnBlackheath festival 2019: Tickets, line-up, stage times, food and more |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/onblackheath-tickets-line-up-stage-times-food-festival-a4186851.html |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=10 July 2019}}</ref> The event was cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.