Battle of the London parks!

[dolly's gal]

What about Clissold Park?

Deer and cafe and lovely trees and a medevial church

full of stokey liberals but other than that, i've spent many a lovely afternoon there

 

[lighterthief]

I love London Fields: small, but perfectly formed

 

[girasol]

Hampstead Heath

yep, and also Waterlow Park (near Archway) for being so beautiful.

 

[TopCat]

I love London Fields: small, but perfectly formed

The Fields Crew certainly add to the vibe....

 

[quimcunx]

I love them all! In no particular order

Regent's park for the boats and pretty gardens.
Holland Park for pretending to be a bit of scrubby football pitch but having a little woodland bit and pretty gardens.
St. James's park for the pretty pond and willows and squizzels.
Brockwell park for feeling more spacious than it is
Battersea park for the Golden buddha and the zoo
Hyde Park for the speaker's corner
Streatham Common for The Rookery
Clapham Common for the Windmill Pub.
Crystal palace for the Anatomically correct dinosaurs and maze and ruins
Windsor Great Park for the dragonflies and lilypads.
Richmond Park for the Deer.
Green park is bland but suddenly your visitor sees you're at Buckingham palace.

Lovely.

Wimbledon common is rubbish though. What's that about?

 

[blossie33]

yep, and also Waterlow Park (near Archway) for being so beautiful.

Yes, that's my favourite too, haven't found anywhere to beat it yet.

I really miss living nearby, Springfield Park (my local now) is nice but only because it's next to the river/ canal walk. It just doesn't have the same feel about it.

I love the Heath as well and Regents Park - the Queen Mary's rose garden part is lovely in the summer.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I'm not sure the following count: Hampstead Heath, Richmond Park, Epping Forest - they kinda transcend the park vibe, they're just too big really.

 

[dolly's gal]

I'm not sure the following count: Hampstead Heath, Richmond Park, Epping Forest - they kinda transcend the park vibe, they're just too big really.

park fascist forest nazi

 

[ChrisFilter]

park fascist forest nazi

That sounded tourettic - love it

 

[dolly's gal]

That sounded tourettic - love it

we aim to please

 

[Rollem]

have to kind of agree with filter, hampstead heath doesn't feel like a park to me anyway. its a heath....

my fav park, or one of them is southwark park. i love the bandstand end, all leafy and quiet

but i also like regents park and battersea park

 

[trashpony]

Yes, that's my favourite too, haven't found anywhere to beat it yet.

I really miss living nearby, Springfield Park (my local now) is nice but only because it's next to the river/ canal walk. It just doesn't have the same feel about it.

I love the Heath as well and Regents Park - the Queen Mary's rose garden part is lovely in the summer.

Oh yes I'd forgotten about Regents Park - much underrated IMO. The perfume from the rose garden is amazing. And they have the most gorgeous display of delphiniums I've ever seen.

And a lovely caff

 

[art of fact]

I reckon I really like St. James Park most for some reason.

 

[lighterthief]

The Fields Crew certainly add to the vibe....

How often do you visit London Fields?

 

[Roadkill]

Charlton does good parks. Charlton Park itself is a bit dull, but Maryon Wilson Park is nice and has a deer enclosure and various other animals, and Maryon Park is pretty as well. The view from the top of the hill is impressive too - as much so as from Greenwich Park, arguably - although the used condoms, empty cans and spliff ends suggest that not everyone goes up there to enjoy the view...

 

[hipipol]

telegraph Hill

 

[hipipol]

Nunhead Cemetry/ Waverley Park

 

[Biddlybee]

I miss Brockwell park.

I thought you lived in Brixton?

Peckham Rye Park has overtaken Brockwell in my affections.

Is that just the Rye or is it bigger than that?

Telegraph Hill

Nothing special really

 

[hipipol]

Coxs Walk/Sydenham Woods

 

[hipipol]

Brenchley Gardens

This is just behind our house, lovely quiet, almost no other about, walk from here via the Horniman gardens up to Coxs walk, thru the woods and finally to the Pub - ah, South London, can be beat really.....

 

[Dan U]

it's got a panther apparently

so i read once

 

[chegrimandi]

springfield park is my favourite by miles...

relatively unknown and quiet, not full of tossers like clissold park, game of cricket on normally, lovely view, right by the canal, that good pub near by...

its pretty much perfect...



anything south of the river is out naturally by dint of the fact its in shitty south london and therefore automatically shiiiiiiitttttttttttt

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I would go for CP for the local vote but am enjoying Lloyd park in Croydon even more and it is much much much much more local.

A quick shout out to Gunnersbury park in Ealing "Thanks for the memories"

 

[hipipol]

I lived on Clapton Common for a number of years and loved Springfield Park
Way back in 82 myself and my then flatmate picked mushroomsin the park then staggered off onto the marshes for a trippy wander
Doubt there are any left now mind.........

 

[Final]

have to kind of agree with filter, hampstead heath doesn't feel like a park to me anyway. its a heath....

It's even got some swings ffs

 

[hipipol]

anything south of the river is out naturally by dint of the fact its in shitty south london and therefore automatically shiiiiiiitttttttttttt[/QUOTE]

Typical biased Hackney bollocks!!!!

 

[chegrimandi]

I've had many lovely times getting slowly pissed up in the sunshine with dolly in springfield park, yeh really quite a few...



heh

 

[chegrimandi]

don't shoot the messenger. South london is shit. Every fule know.

 

[zenie]

Windsor Great Park for the dragonflies and lilypads.

Windsor's not in london, it's in Bershire.

 

[PacificOcean]

Stewerdstone Marsh, part of Lea Valley chain of open spaces, wins it for me now as it is where I live. But Clapham Common will always hold a special place in my heart, as it is where I grew up.