London’s Pocket Parks - Archive Articles

London’s Pocket Parks: Vaughan Way Wildlife Garden, E1

In Wapping, East London is a long narrow strip of land between houses and the pavement that, if you can find the entrance, conceals a woodland walk to explore.

London’s Pocket Parks: 25 Cannon Street, EC4 — Redux

A refurbished pocket park recently opened close to St Paul's Cathedral and is notable now for a large polished reflection pond that gives photographers reflections of the cathedral in the still water.

The East London park filled with WW2 fortifications

A large public park in East London contains probably the richest collection of WW2 concrete fortifications still existing within London within one small area.

London’s railway stations going green with pocket gardens

Loads of railway stations across London are getting a gardening makeover as Transport for London's (TfL) annual staff gardening competition opens for entries.

London’s Pocket Parks: Marchmont Community Garden, WC1

This is a pocket park in Bloomsbury next to the Brunswick Centre that was once a private garden and fenced off, but just over a decade ago was opened up as a public space.

London’s Pocket Parks: Abingdon Green, SW1

This is probably one of the most famous parks in London that you didn't know the name of, as it's where journalists interview politicians when standing outside Parliament.

London’s Pocket Parks: Terrace Gardens, TW10

This is a large sloping park close to the river in Richmond that has good views, loads of winding paths and seating, a few fun nooks to explore and a lot of flower beds.

London’s Pocket Parks: Distaff Lane Garden, EC4

Shortly before the pandemic locked us all in our homes, the City of London gained a lovely new pocket park very close to St Paul's Cathedral, and if you've not seen it yet, that could be because it's on a side street that hardly anyone walks down.

London’s Pocket Parks: Eden Garden, SW4

This is a wildlife park that tumbles down a steep slope in Wandsworth, sitting next to an ancient church.

Approval for Grosvenor Square park redevelopment

A large public garden in central London, Grosvenor Square will reach its 300-year anniversary in 2025, and ahead of that, plans to substantially revamp the park's layout has been given the green light to go ahead.

London’s Pocket Parks: Southbank roof garden, SE1

High up on the concrete landscape that's the Southbank Centre can be found a decade-old pocket park that's home to over 200 wild native plants.

London’s Pocket Parks: Alfred Place Gardens, WC1

This is a new linear pocket park in central London that was until a few months ago an unremarkable road used mainly for parking and deliveries.

London’s Pocket Parks: Bramber Green, WC1

Originally constructed on a WW2 bomb damaged housing site, Bramber Green in King's Cross was created in the early 1960s to accompany an orange coloured block of flats after which it was named, Bramber House.

London’s Pocket Parks: Talbot Yard courtyard, SE1

A rather modern take on the public park can be found hidden away in the narrow side streets to the south of London Bridge station in a corner you're unlikely to stumble upon by accident.

London’s Pocket Parks: Paddington Green, W2

This is a pocket park next to a busy road that today scarce seems like it but has been around for at least 500 years, and now conceals a Cold War bunker.

London’s Pocket Parks: St Paul’s Cathedral Chapter House, EC4

Easy to overlook on a visit to the Cathedral, but there's a small garden that is laid out to match the site of the medieval cathedral's Chapter House and Cloister.

London’s Pocket Parks: Arnold Estate, SE1

This is a small park in Bermondsey that used to be the site of a Victorian music hall, the Star of Bermondsey, and an adjacent pub-hotel.

London’s Pocket Parks: Greenwood Theatre Garden, SE1

Wrapping around the outside of a theatre next to London Bridge station is a linear pocket park that opened in 2015.

Plans for NHS Covid memorial in Postman’s Park

The Postman's Park in the City of London, which is home to a famous wall of memorials to those that have given their lives whilst saving the lives of others, could gain an NHS memorial

London’s pocket parks: Christ Church, Spitalfields, E1

Sitting next to Spitalfields dominant church is a small public park that's a remnant of a much larger graveyard that used to sit to the south of the church.

Plans submitted to revamp Grosvenor Square

The large public garden, Grosvenor Square will reach its 300 year anniversary in 2025, and ahead of that, there are plans to substantially revamp the garden space.

London’s Pocket Parks: Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens, N1

This is a small park next to the Regents Canal in Barnsbury, that was created as a result of changes to the rules about walking along the canal.

London’s largest roof garden – 120 Fenchurch Street – reopens

After a rather long pandemic closure, the large roof garden at 120 Fenchurch Street has reopened to the public, with a very windswept opening week ahead.

London’s Pocket Parks: Hanover Square, W1

This is one of London's oldest formal squares, just to the south of Oxford Street, and usually, the sort of park only used by locals who know about it, but soon to get a lot busier