#London's 4,000 #parks are spaces to escape lifeβs #stresses. #Explore our #BigGreenLondonMap & their #history, #innovation & #nature. Part of @CPRELondon.
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Do you like #maps? Our map of London #parks will let you explore over 4,000 green and blue spaces in #London. Start your next adventure in #nature here! goparks.london/map
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May 12
π³ Inclusive Tree Tour β tomorrow!
π Park Life CafΓ©, Burgess Park
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Wednesday 13th May β’ 11amβ1pm
Free for City of London estates residents. Adapted bikes & scooters supplied. Refreshments included. Led by Phil Paulo
@UrbanTreeFestival @CityOfLondon @WheelsForWellbeing
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May 11
π Urban Tree Festival 2026 is here!
π³ Inclusive Tree Tour (Wed 13th May, Burgess Park)
π³ Tree walks, talks, family activities
Most events FREE. Full programme π in bio.
@UrbanTreeFestival @CityOfLondon @CPRELondon
#UrbanTreeFestival #CelebrateTrees #LondonTrees #FreeEvents
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Apr 28
π₯ͺ Lunch Break: Red Lion Square
2 mins from Holborn. 300 years of history. Fanny Wilkinson garden. William Morris lived here. John Harrison's blue plaque. Cromwell's ghost walks diagonally across the square.
π Holborn
π Link in bio
#RedLionSquare #Holborn #LunchBreak
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Apr 23
π€ LFGN SPEAKER: Friends of Beckton Parks
Community-led group protecting green spaces in East Custom House and West Beckton.
π€ Find your local Friends Group π
π Link in bio
#LFGN #FriendsOfBecktonParks #Beckton #Newham #CommunityLed #LondonParks
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π€ LFGN SPEAKER: Dr Tilly Collins & Hammersmith Park. Making green spaces inclusive for everyone.
Hammersmith Park: 1908 Japanese garden, Peace Pagoda (1985).
π€ Local Friends Group π Link in bio
@imperialcollege @LBHF
#LFGN #HammersmithPark #ImperialCollege #LondonParks
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Mar 26
π Mitcham Common, 182 hectares of wild South London. Acid grassland, heathland, seven ponds, and a C18th windmill. SSSI. A hidden gem on your doorstep.
π Mitcham β’ Dawnβdusk β’ Free
π More in bio
#MitchamCommon #SouthLondon #SSSI #HiddenGem #LondonParks
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Mar 24
π₯ͺ Lunch: Smithfield Market Garden
5 mins from Farringdon. Over 800 years of history. William Wallace met his end here in 1305. Now a peaceful garden with a statue of Peace from a 1924 proposal.
π Link in bio
@cityoflondon @smithfieldmarket
#Farringdon #LunchBreak
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Mar 19
πΈ Spring has arrived at Valentine's Park, Ilford.
π Eid celebrations this weekend (20β22 March) free entry, family fun, and the park looking beautiful.
π£ββοΈ Boating lake β’ Cherry blossom β’ Community gardens
π More in bio
#EidMubarak #ValentinesPark #Ilford #LondonParks
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π£ββοΈ Regent's Park Boating Lake β pedalo views, swans, and skyline.
π Central London. Open now. First come, first served.
π More London parks in our bio π
#RegentsPark #BoatingLake #LondonParks #SpringInLondon
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Mar 10
π₯ͺ Soho Square Garden β 2 mins from Tottenham Court Road.
πΈ Free 24Photography exhibition until 16 March
π celebrate Soho's LGBTQ community
πΈ Spring blossom
π Green Flag winner
π More gems in bio
#SohoSquare #LunchBreak #FreeExhibition #RainbowSculpture #GoParksLondon
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π€ LFGN SPEAKER: Lavender Park, Merton
Not every park starts with a Friends Group. Some begin with one person who cares.
Hear their story and find yours π
π [Link in bio]
#LFGN #LavenderPark #Merton #StartAFriendsGroup #LondonParks
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π St John's Garden β 3 mins from Farringdon.
Burial ground (1751) β public garden (1881). Now a nature site with wildlife, murals & artist benches.
π₯ͺ Your new lunch spot.
π Hidden Gems in bio π
#HiddenGem #StJohnsGarden #LondonParks
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π³ Bishop's Park, Hammersmith & Fulham β beautiful riverside green space.
But it doesn't look after itself. Meet the Friends group keeping it thriving.
π€ Find your local Friends Group π
ππΊοΈ Link in bio
#BishopsPark #HammersmithAndFulham #Volunteer #LondonParks
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Feb 24
π³ Wimbledon Park β designed by π³ Wimbledon Park β designed by Capability Brown in the 1700s.
London's largest lake in Merton. Home to bats, grebes and a 300-year-old wood.
π Hidden Gems in bio π
#HiddenGem #WimbledonPark #LondonParks
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Feb 19
π³ Discovering London's Hidden Woods: A Trail Through Time
Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath are actually one connected landscape β the largest surviving common land in London. Saved by Parliament in 1871.
Hidden Gemsβ¨ π in our bioπ
#HiddenGem #WimbledonCommon #LondonParks
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Feb 17
Tooting Common Lake hits different π¦’πΏ
Perfect for quiet walks and golden hour views.
Find peaceful spots like this on our map in bio
#London #Wandsworth #Parks
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Feb 12
"Green spaces bring people together." πΏ
Great talk from @GrowLewisham @LewishamCouncil @CPRELondon .
Find community gardens & parks near you: link in bio!
#Lewisham #CommunityGardens #LondonParks
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GoParksLondon* retweeted
14 Dec 2025
Whatβs got no brain, but can solve complex mazes, is invisible for most of the year but will suddenly appear in bizarrely alien form in Richmond Park? Meet our Slime Moulds for #slimemoldsunday- lurking on a log, all over the Park.
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24 Nov 2025
#ThamesRdWetland Important wildlife site on the Inner Crayford Marshes. Sign-ups now open for monthly @Thames21 staff-supported habitat work (Reed thinning, Sallow pollarding, shrub pruning) Dec 12th to March 13th. book.plinth.org.uk/e/LFbuahHβ¦
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GoParksLondon* retweeted
21 Nov 2025
#virtualtour of the Crane Valley: a video of fish in the Lower Crane at Twickenham, September 2025
@LondonNPC @LBRUT @FriendsRivCrane @habsandheritage @EnvAgencySE @Thames_RvrsTrst
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