Opening and closing times of parks

Opening times

All parks are open every day by 8am, including on Christmas and New Year's Day.

Closing times

Closing times are different through the year, but we usually start locking parks at sunset. As there are lots of parks to lock up, it can take some time.

We start locking our parks at the times below.

March and October have two different closing times depending on when the clocks go back or forward.

January - 5pm
February - 6pm
March (GMT) - 6pm
March (BST) - 8pm
April - 8pm
May - 9pm
June - 9pm
July - 9pm
August 9pm
September 8pm
October (BST) - 7pm
October (GMT) - 5pm
November - 5pm
December - 5pm

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) begins when the clocks go forward one hour in March and from when the clocks go back one hour in October.

BST (British Summer Time) begins when the clocks go forward one hour in March and until the clocks go back one hour in October.

Locked in a park

If you get locked in one of Islington's parks, call us on 020 7527 7272.

Parks we lock at night

We do not lock most of our parks. The parks we lock at night are:

Arlington Square
Battshill Street
Biddestone Park
Caledonian Park
Colebrooke Regent Canal
Colebrooke Row Gardens
Compton Street
Compton Terrace Gardens
Dalmeny Park
Dartmouth Park
Duncan Terrace Gardens
Elthorne Park
Foxham Gardens
Gillespie Park
Graham Street
Granville Square
Halford Gardens
Highbury Fields
Islendon Garden
Islington Memorial Green
Joseph Grimaldi Park
Kings Square
Kinloch Gardens
Landseer Garden
Lonsdale Square
Milner Square
Myddelton Square Gardens
Newington Green
New River Walk
Northampton Square
Paradise Park
Penn Road
Percy Circus
Quaker Gardens
Royal Northern Gardens
Seward Street
Spa Fields
Spa Green Gardens
St John Garden
St Paul's Shrubbery
Thornhill Bridge Garden
Thornhill Crescent
Tufnell Playing Fields
Union Square
Woodfall Gardens