Parks and green spaces

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 parks and green spaces list 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

• Parks list
• 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
• Trading licences in parks

Stay up to date

Parks newsletter

Sign up for parks updates

• latest issue

Parks annual report

• parks annual report 2019/20
• parks annual report 2018/19
• parks annual report 2016/17

Book a sports pitch

As of 5 January 2021, Hackney’s sports pitches are closed in line with government guidance.

Parks byelaws

• ​current Hackney parks byelaws