Battle of the London parks!

[HackneyE9]

Victoria Park is best for running, I think. Two laps of that is perfect.

London Fields is my favourite - the paths correspond to ley lines. Plus it's a park people actually walk through to get to the other side - very unusual.

Sydenham Wells Park is very unusual - possibly the steepest hill park in London?

 

[spanglechick]

i'm utterly amazed at the lack of repping for Greenwich park!

 

[spanglechick]

Peckham Rye is the unfenced bit with the football pitches and that. Peckham Rye Park is the fenced in bit - as parks are - at the southern end, with a Japanese Garden, lots of water and parakeets a-plenty.

any ideaa what theyre building in peckam rye park?

been messing up the parking at work for months, now...

 

[ChrisFilter]

i'm utterly amazed at the lack of repping for Greenwich park!

I suspect a few people thought about it, then saw you'd nominated it and they kinda went "oh, er.. what other parks are there?"

I'm just telling it like it is

 

[spanglechick]

I suspect a few people thought about it, then saw you'd nominated it and they kinda went "oh, er.. what other parks are there?"

I'm just telling it like it is

huh. you think you're funny...

 

[ChrisFilter]

huh. you think you're funny...

I wish I did, mate. Come here, it's alright... biiig hug

 

[dynamicbaddog]

i'm utterly amazed at the lack of repping for Greenwich park!

I was there today even tho it was'nt the bestest of weather for parks me and the dog had a lovely afternoon

 

[spanglechick]

I wish I did, mate. Come here, it's alright... biiig hug

lolzar... you practicing for fatherhood already?

 

[spanglechick]

I was there today even tho it was'nt the bestest of weather for parks me and the dog had a lovely afternoon

quite so.

Greenwich park is a jewel, i tell ye all.

 

[_pH_]

Hyde Park, but I'm biased cos i work there Or any of the other Royal Parks. Richmond is lovely, I used to work there too. Isabella Plantation in mid may should not be missed.

 

[learydeary]

Lea vally

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The question is too hard to decide. London has a lot of negative points but the parks are by far and away its biggest plus. Better than any other city I've been to for this.

 

[HackneyE9]

Yep. Compare with Paris. Not one single fucking park in the entire city!

 

[Andy the Don]

Manor House Gardens is our local park & is lovely.

 

[sonik]

Has to be Battersea Park.

 

[innit]

Has to be Battersea Park.

last time I was there, there was a bunch of guys having a kickabout with a rugby ball, it's a bit too posh for me

I like Ruskin Park, might not be worth travelling for but as a local park it really rocks.

 

[Maggot]

I like Ruskin Park, might not be worth travelling for but as a local park it really rocks.

Ruskin is one of my faves too.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

London Fields is my favourite - the paths correspond to ley lines. Plus it's a park people actually walk through to get to the other side - very unusual.

Except London Fields isn't (strictly) a park - it's a common land! "Pub on the Park" really should be renamed "Pub on the Common!"

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yep. Compare with Paris. Not one single fucking park in the entire city!

Well, the Parc des Buttes Chaumont is Paris's best kept secret. Other than that, I agree!

 

[tommers]

Crystal Palace obviously... but there really is nothing better than watching the fireworks going off on New Year's Eve across London from the viewing point in Norwood Park.

You might get the same experience from Alexandra Palace I suppose, but it wouldn't be as good. Probably.

 

[dwenfish]

Well, the Parc des Buttes Chaumont is Paris's best kept secret. Other than that, I agree!

the only thing i saw in paris was a park- just looked at a map found a bit of green on it and headed there to sleep, twas a pretty nice park as it happens...oddly enough though the bush we went to sleep in already had 2 (completely separate) other people sleeping in it...

 

[salem]

Hampstead Heath (Banned from the competition because it's too good )

It has ponds for swimming, a lido, woods, several great pubs, secret garden, loads of organised walks, one of the best panoramic vantage points in North London, Europes biggest gay cruising zone (if that's your thing), Kenwood House, occasional raves and a lovely area for wandering in afterwards.

The best thing for me though is that within a minute of entry from any point (none of these silly gates) you could be in the countryside.

 

[Maggot]

Hampstead Heath (Banned from the competition because it's too good )

Surely the fact that it's not a park is a better reason for banning?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Hampstead Heath (Banned from the competition because it's too good )

It has ponds for swimming, a lido, woods, several great pubs, secret garden, loads of organised walks, one of the best panoramic vantage points in North London, Europes biggest gay cruising zone (if that's your thing), Kenwood House, occasional raves and a lovely area for wandering in afterwards.

The best thing for me though is that within a minute of entry from any point (none of these silly gates) you could be in the countryside.

I give you: Richmond Park. Nearly as good as HH, and it is in fact an actual park. Rather than an undercover Heath.

 

[tommers]

I give you: Richmond Park. Nearly as good as HH, and it is in fact an actual park. Rather than an undercover Heath.

nearly as good? it's got feckin deer in it.

 

[zenie]

The hiils of South London are less crowded than those of the North so were are ble to relax - which having lived North of the river for many years - I can asure you is much easier to do in the South

Agreed, South London (even in zone 1) is much more relaxed than North of the river.

nearly as good? it's got feckin deer in it.

Bushy's got white deer, and is far less known and crowded than Richmond.

Cheers for this thread Filter there's some gorgeous parks I've never visited, should schedule some dog walks I think!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

nearly as good? it's got feckin deer in it.

Is that good or bad?

 

[jbob]

Yep. Compare with Paris. Not one single fucking park in the entire city!

That statement would only be correct if you didn't have a clue about the city.

Off the top of my head:

Luxembourg Gardens, Bois de Boulogne, Jardin des Tuileries, Parc Monceau, Parc des Butes Chaumont, Parc Montsouris, Parc Andre-Citroen, Promenade Plantee, Bois de Vincennes ...

There's plenty of other little spaces where you can take a breather from the city as well (such as the park in the Musee Rodin, Jardin des Plantes, Viaduc des Artes, Montparnasse and Pere Lachaise cemeteries and squares like the gorgeous Place des Vosges). And, of course, there's a couple of quite famous parks when you're outside the city limits ...

Anyway, for London, my top 3: Hampstead Heath, Greenwich, Regents.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

That statement would only be correct if you didn't have a clue about the city.

Off the top of my head:

Luxembourg Gardens, Bois de Boulogne, Jardin des Tuileries, Parc Monceau, Parc des Butes Chaumont, Parc Montsouris, Parc Andre-Citroen, Promenade Plantee, Bois de Vincennes ...

There's plenty of other little spaces where you can take a breather from the city as well (such as the park in the Musee Rodin, Jardin des Plantes, Viaduc des Artes, Montparnasse and Pere Lachaise cemeteries and squares like the gorgeous Place des Vosges). And, of course, there's a couple of quite famous parks when you're outside the city limits ...

Of those, only Parc des Buttes Chaumont does a passable impression of a real park. Even the Bois de Vincennes/Bois de Boulogne is all broken up by roads so you never get any real place to just chill...

 

[jbob]

Of those, only Parc des Buttes Chaumont does a passable impression of a real park. Even the Bois de Vincennes/Bois de Boulogne is all broken up by roads so you never get any real place to just chill...

Well, you're very anti-Paris for whatever reasons, so I can't say I'm surprised by your response. Obviously, I disagree. Park Monceau, Montsouris and Andre Ciroen are quite, quite wonderful, and much more imaginative than most London parks ... I also fail to see quite how somewhere like the Luxembourg Gardens do not constitute being a 'real' park. Personally, I find it easy enough to chill out in the stunning Place des Vosges, which is probably one of my favourite places on earth.