Parks and green spaces
Play area improvements
We recently consulted park users, local residents and children on design proposals to improve the play areas at Butterfield Green, Clapton Square, Haggerston Park and Stoke Newington Common.
This is part of the Council’s work to improve a number of play areas across Hackney so they are more fun and exciting for children and to make Hackney a child friendly borough.
The designs for each play area are being reviewed using feedback received during the consultation. Work will start in Winter 2021 with the improved play areas opening in Spring 2022.
We are currently looking at three month lead in times for play equipment, which may affect the start date of the construction works.
Hackney has 58 parks and green spaces totalling 282 hectares. Our green spaces range from the largest concentration of football pitches in Europe at Hackney Marshes to the beautiful and historic settings of Springfield Park and Clissold Park.
Popular parks
- Abney Park
- Clissold Park
- Hackney Downs
- Hackney Marshes
- Haggerston Park
- London Fields
- Springfield Park
See our A-Z of parks and green spaces for information about Hackney’s 58 parks.
You can also find your nearest park on a map and see a list of our play areas.
In this section
- A-Z of parks and green spaces
- Connecting green spaces
- Playgrounds
- Allotments and growing food
- Dogs in parks
- Volunteering in parks
- Memorial trees and benches
- Park user groups
- Holding events in parks
- Community litter picks
- Trading in parks
- parks FAQs
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