Dave Sadler MBE was Burgess Park’s first manager and had a huge influence on the development of the park, from derelict streets and factories into what it is today. Read the blog of his 90th birthday visit to the park in July 2025 here.

You can read about his work for Burgess Park and hear him speaking in 2014 in our post here:  The Making of a Modern Park event – how was it? | Bridge to Nowhere).