Murray Park was opened in May 1914 in response to concerns about the expansion of the housing stock in the local area and the loss of green spaces. The catalyst for development was the death of the owner of the Whitton Park Estate, Colonel Gostling-Murray in 1894, and the subsequent sale of his Whitton Park estate for housing.

It was local businessman James  Wills who first suggested the idea of a purchasing some of the Whiton Park estate land to be turned into public green space. When he became the representative for Whitton on the Twickenham Urban District Council in 1911 he was able to realise his ambition, naming the park after his friend and last occupant of Whitton Park, Colonel Murray.

The trees that can still be found on the land are survivors of the Whitton Estate previously owned by the 3rd Duke of Argyll, a keen horticulturalist who laid out the grounds and introduced many exotic plants and new forest trees to Britain. Some of the trees from his Whitton estate were moved to Kew in 1763. More information is available from Twickenham Museum website.

Today the park is a large open space which includes the following amenities  –

• Children’s playground
• Skatepark
• Small  MUGA for basketball and football
• 800, running track and fitness equipment
• Community Hall