Playgrounds

Play area improvements – update

We recognise that park play areas are really important in creating a child friendly borough.

Since 2020, we have upgraded 13 park play areas and built 2 brand new ones. The new play spaces at Shoreditch Park (2024) and Springfield Park (2022), are in addition to the existing play areas, which were also refurbished.

More refurbished play areas will open in April 2025 in Clapton Common, Hackney Downs, Stonebridge Gardens and Well Street Common. Over 800 local people helped shape the designs, including children and caregivers. We asked for ideas on how we could make the play areas better and more welcoming for older children and girls. You can read the consultation reports on the park webpages.

The updated play areas now have new play equipment and landscaping to make them more exciting and fun. They’re designed to be more welcoming and suitable for a wider age range, from primary school children to younger teens, and enjoyable for both boys and girls.

In 2023, we refurbished the play areas in Butterfield Green (x2), Clapton Square, Haggerston Park and Stoke Newington Common.

We also focused on improving play areas in some of our smaller parks, with both Clapton Pond (2021) and Shepherdess Walk (2020) being refurbished to create interesting playful spaces for younger children.

For more information, visit Hackney News – New play areas spotted across Hackney.

Hackney parks with play areas

• Allens Gardens, Bethune Road, N16 5BD
• Broadway Market Green, Jackman Street, E8 4QX
• Butterfield Green, Wordsworth Road, Spenser Grove, Shakespeare Walk, N16 8DD (three play areas)
• Clapton Common, E5 9AA
• Clapton Pond, E5 0QA
• Clapton Square, E5 8HP
• Clissold Park, Green Lanes, N4 2EY
• Daubeney Fields, Kings Mead Way, E9 5PP
• De Beauvoir Square, N1 4LG
• Hackney Downs, E5 8NP
• Haggerston Park, Yorkton Street, E2 8NH
• Kynaston Gardens, Kynaston Avenue, N16 0DA
• London Fields, Eleanor Road, London Fields East Side, E8 3EU (two play areas)
• Mabley Green, Lee Conservancy Road E9 5RN
• Millfields Park, Chatsworth Road, E5 0AR
• Rowley Gardens, N4
• Shepherdess Walk, N1 7JN
• Shoreditch Park, New North Road, N1 6TA
• Springfield Park, Springfield, E5 9EF (two play areas)
• St John’s Churchyard Gardens, E5 0PD
• Stoke Newington Common, Northwold Road, N16 7DH
• Stonebridge Gardens, Haggerston Road, E8 4EP
• Well Street Common, E9 7AS
• West Hackney Recreation Ground, Evering Road, N16 7QA
• Woodberry Down Park, N4

Adventure playgrounds

• Apples and Pears Adventure Playground, Pearson Street, E2 8EL. Tel: 020 7729 6062
• Evergreen Adventure Playground, Beehive Close, (off Richmond Road), E8 3JT. Tel: 020 7275 9004
• Hackney March Adventure Playground, Daubney Fields (off Kingsmead Way), E9 5PP. Tel: 020 8986 7245
• Homerton Grove Adventure Playground, Wardle Street E9 5QG. Tel: 020 8985 9202
• Kidsactive Adventure Playground Hackney (KAPH), Spring lane, Big Hill, Clapton E5 9HQ (open to all if spaces are available, but priority is given to children with special needs). Tel: 020 8806 6149
• Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground, Shakespeare Walk, N16 8TL. Tel: 020 7249 8405
• Shoreditch Adventure Playground, Mintern Street N1 5EF. Tel: 020 7729 3770

Play areas with accessible toilets

There are play areas with accessible toilets in the following parks:

• London Fields
• Hackney Downs
• Millfields
• Haggerston Park (changing places)
• Springfield Park
• Shoreditch Park

Map of playgrounds

Play streets

You can apply for a temporary play street order, which allows you to close your street to through traffic for up to 3 hours per week, turning it into a play street.