Play areas
Play is an important part of every child's development and essential both to their health and happiness. This is reflected in the Hackney Play Strategy 2007 to 2012 (PDF 1.3MB), where objectives include improving the access that local children have to new and improved play environments.
Play areas within Hackney Parks
- Allens Gardens - Bethune Road, N16 5BD
- Broadway Market Green - Jackman Street, E8 4QX
- Butterfield Green (3 play areas) - Wordsworth Road, Spenser Grove, Shakespeare Walk, N16 8DD
- Clapton Common - Clapton Common, E5 9AA See Clapton Common Play Area
- Clapton Square - Clapton Square, E5 8HP. See Clapton Square
- Clissold Park - Green Lanes, N4 2EY See Clissold Park and House
- Daubeney Fields - Kings Mead Way, E9 5PP See Daubeney Fields
- De Beauvoir Square - De Beauvoir Square, N1 4LG. See De Beauvoir Square
- Hackney Downs - Hackney Downs, E5 8NP. See Hackney Downs
- Haggerston Park - Yorkton Street, E2 8NH. See Haggerston Park
- London Fields (2 Play areas) - Eleanor Road, London Fields East Side, E8 3EU. See London Fields
- Millfields - Chatsworth Road, E5 0AR. See Millfields
- Shepherdess Walk Park - Shepherdess Walk, N1 7JN
- Shoreditch Park - New North Road, N1 6TA. See Shoreditch Park
- Springfield Park - Springfield, E5 9EF. See Springfield Park
- St Johns Churchyard - St Johns Churchyard, E5 0PD. See St Johns Churchyard Gardens
- Stoke Newington Common - Northwold Road, N16 7DH. See Stoke Newington Common
- Stonebridge Gardens - Haggerston Road, E8 4EP. See Stonebridge Gardens
- Well Street Common - Well Street Common, E9 7AS. See Well Street Common
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 available, but priority 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
New play areas
Two new play areas opened up in Hackney's Parks in 2011. The Clissold Park play area has been completely revamped as part of the Clissold Park Restoration Project and includes a wheels park for those keen to practice their skating and bmx skills.
The new play area in clapton Common was completed in spring 2011. The facility provides exciting, challenging play oppotuniteis for both under and over fives. For more information and a photo of the play area see Clapton Common play area
Pathfinder
In 2008, The London Borough of Hackney was awarded £2.6 million over 3 years by the Department of Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF) to upgrade four of its adventure playgrounds and to develop 28 public play spaces across the borough. This included improvements to Clapton Square, Broadway Market Green, Shoreditch Park, Hackney Downs, Springfield Park and Butterfield Green. The Play Pathfinder Programme contributed an average of £50,000 to each play space and was matched by other funding sources at some sites.
Page updated: 13 Feb 2012
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