Editing Catford (section)

==Education==
[[File:FrontageofStDunstansCollege.jpg|thumb|St Dunstan's College]]
===Local authority maintained schools===
The local council maintains [[Conisborough College]] and [[Greenvale School]].

===Independent schools===
Catford has two [[independent schools]], [[St Dunstan's College]] and a small [[faith school]], Springfield Christian School.

===Parks and green spaces===

====River Pool Linear Park====
The walk follows the River Pool downstream from the Ravensbourne River. The banking has been planted with native trees and shrubs, herbaceous planting, wild flower grassland and wetland marginal planting. The park forms part of the Waterlink Way which forms a significant section of the river from [[Sydenham, London|Sydenham]] to the [[Thames]].

Unlike many of London's rivers, the Pool remains above ground for most of its length. The section of river flows through a linear park from Southend Lane to Catford Hill.

====[[Mountsfield Park]]====
In the 1920s, [[Charlton Athletic F.C.]] played at [[The Mount (stadium)]] in the park. The Council holds its annual People's Day event here in July.

====[[Ladywell Fields]]====
The park consists of three fields with a river running through them, and is next to [[University Hospital Lewisham]]. The middle field contains one of the last established rare [[Ulmus × hollandica|Dutch Elm]] trees in London.

====Iona Close Orchard====
Iona Close Orchard is a preserved Victorian garden. In common with most old orchards, the site is of high nature conservation value. The houses to which it originally belonged dated to about 1825.

===Sport===
====Facilities====
The 20-acre Jubilee Ground is operated by [[St Dunstan's College]].

[[Catford Stadium]] was one of the greyhound racing venues in the UK until its closure and subsequent demolition in 2005. It also hosted boxing and several other sporting events.

====Local sports teams====
Catford has a [[Non-League football]] club [[Lewisham Borough F.C.]] who play at the Ladywell Arena.

[[Kent County Cricket Club]] have played at Catford several times in the past.

The Catford Cycling Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catfordcc.co.uk/ |title=Catford Cycling Club |access-date=7 July 2008 }}</ref> was founded in 1886. In 1894 they built their own track south of [[Brownhill Road]] with a [[pagoda]] [[grandstand]]. By the 1950s the majority of the track had been built over but the club still exists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.halftoldtales.co.uk/newhistory.htm |title=History of Catford Cycling Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209234147/http://www.halftoldtales.co.uk/newhistory.htm |archive-date=9 February 2007 }}</ref>