Parks
As a borough we are fortunate to have many open spaces. As a result, we can put on many outdoor sporting eventsso you can enjoy green spaces and gardens to watch, or take part in, major activities such as cricket, football, tennis, cycling, skateboarding and rugby or one of the many smaller events put on regularly by Green Space.
We look after six premier parks as well as a number of smaller parks, open spaces, cemeteries, playing fields and children's playgrounds.
In Waltham Forest you can enjoy a number of different facilities. Our 'premier parks' have children's play areas, attractive landscaping or interesting features such as fountains or displays of bedding plants.
Your premier parks are:
Abbott Park
Abbotts Park Road, Leyton, E10
Coronation Gardens
High Road, Leyton, E10
Lloyd and Aveling Park
Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17
Langthorne Park
Birch Grove, Leytonstone, E11
Memorial Park
Chingford Road, Chingford, E4
Ridgeway Park
The Ridgeway Park, Old Church Road, Chingford, E4
Opening times
Except where otherwise stated, our parks are open each day all year round. We aim to open locked parks by 9am each morning and they close at dusk. For exact times please see the park notice boards or find them here.
Some sports areas (such as tennis courts) are only open for prebooked activities, so please call us to check availability and make reservations.
Friends Groups
A number of parks and open spaces have active friends groups. These are voluntary community groups that help to make sure parks are meeting the community needs. If you would like to know more please see our Friends of Parks pages.
When using our sports, parks and leisure facilities, we will:
- open our facilities at the advertised times 365 days a year
- provide facilities that are clean, safe and well maintained
- continue to improve our leisure centres via Greenwhich Leisure
- provide more opportunities for you to take part in sport and physical activity, particularly for children
- provide clear and proper signs in all park, which give details of facilities available within the park and information boards which show the standard of maintenance that you can reasonably expect for that area
- check play areas each day and inspect them fully each month
- provide our six premier parks in the knowledge that they have on-site staff, while other parks are visited regularly by our mobile parks patrol
Useful links
- Parks and open spaces - information on our parks their locations, adopt a tree and flower bed and activities available along with our service standards & friends groups; Useful documents to download including pitch and pavilion hire forms
- Green celebrations - information on environmental events and activities in Waltham Forest
- Cycling - National Cycling Strategy and our action plan for promoting cycling in Waltham Forest
- Allotments - sites and tenancy details,pricing schedules; grow your own 10 point plan
Contact us
Green Space Service
Environment and Regeneration
Low Hall
Argall Avenue
London
E10 7AS
Tel 020 8496 3000
Email wfdirect@walthamforest.gov.uk
