Haggerston Park

Whoof! Great park to take your dog!
It’s in a quiet area and nice little small hills for them to run over.
This park isn’t fully enclosed (there are 4 exists) so if you need a park where they’re guaranteed not to escape, then this is not the park for your dog. Though if they’re good enough to know NOT to leave the park wthout you, then it’s great.
I love it as it’s very peaceful, bright green grass and well maintained.

good place to chill after a busy day. You will be making friends as well.

Haggerston Park is a small local park in East London between the Canal and Hackney Road on Queensbridge Road.
Whilst the park is small (when comparing to the larger parks like Hyde Park, Victoria Park, Regents Park, etc) it’s still a nice park to go for a walk in and enjoy some green space.
The best part of the park is even though it’s in East London, it’s not over loaded with hipsters! In fact, there aren’t many people in this park — it’s not that famous and from the street you can’t really see it (because it’s walled off). As it’s walled off, is very quiet inside and is quite peaceful.
Another great part of the park is that it’s well kept and there are public toilets so you don’t have to make a trek to the nearest pub for the loo.
Definitely would recommend to anyone who needs some green space in the middle of the city!

Literally stumbling upon Haggerston Park today, I am still completely baffled on how this serene secret-​gardenish mecca in the middle of grey east London has been skipped over by Unilocalers! (Queue the manic photo uploads…)
Nestled right up against Hackney City Farm, what immediately caught my attention was the perfectly green, perfectly groomed, perfectly flat grass field. For a former soccer player, (yes, I played the sport in America, so it’s soccer — thank you) there’s not anything quite as beautiful as a pristine empty pitch. Ask anyone… it’s like heaven.
Rounding a corner I found rose gardens, a ping pong table, some sort of monkey bar/​crazy wooden workout contraption, a basketball court, tennis courts, turf fields, a kiddie play thing, even a BMX track.
The whole time I had to keep reminding myself that I’m smack dab in the middle of Hackey… a council known more for their estates rather than their pristine green spaces. Well I’m all for it — 5-​stars galore for Haggerston Park. Trust that you will find me here often from this point forward.

Great place to play football. Find out more about this park and its football pitches at

Haggerston Park seems to be quite old and established but is in wonderful condition. It has baseball diamonds and well groomed gardens and paths. It seems to be more of a sport park than a relaxing park, but that is just my impression. I like the relative tranquillity and the location. There is also a farm nearby where they have REAL animals and a lovely restaurant.

Well, this park is absolutely amazing. A real hidden gem.
Growing up in the estate opposite (Queensbridge Crt), mum and dad often referred to this as our garden. You’ll do well to find anything better.
I love popping back to this park, brings back a lot of happy memories, plenty to do, football, bmxing, chilling, city farm.
Plenty nearby too, Broadway Market, Colombia Rd, Bethnal Green, Hoxton not a million miles away.

In spite of living near by it took me years to discover this place. I think I had it labelled as the grounds of a nearby school. I’m glad I eventually found my way in, because this park packs a lot into a small area. The Northern end is mostly surrounded by a high brick wall, with only one gate onto Whiston Road. Inside there’s gardens, with geometric pits in the grass suggesting there was once much more. There’s also football pitches. Pass through a square arch in the wall and into the South and you’ll find sports courts, a wood chipped play area and a nature area with a real wood. There’s also a bmx track and even a city farm. Though not generally crowded, Haggerston is an active park: there’s usually a game of football, or kids playing or people using the courts. For running it’s a strange place: all the changes of scenery, level and surface make it interesting, but not practical for time trials! But it’s definitely a good place for getting some exercise in: you won’t be the only one.