Clissold Park Facilities
Clissold Park is located in Stoke Newington, Hackney.
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Clissold Park has a wide range of facilities, including:
- A large, well equipped playground suitable for all ages of children and young people.
- A paddling pool open in the
summer months: Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun and Bank Hols 11am - 7pm.
Although there is a hosepipe ban in force, the pool will be opening this summer, probably at the end of May 2012.
- A wheels park.
- A multi use games area.
- A table tennis table.
- Tennis courts.
Visit our Sports page for booking information.
- A dog-free area.
- An aviary.
- A butterfly dome, open in the summer months, Tues/Thurs 12.30pm - 2.30pm.
- A large animal enclosure
including deer, goats and chickens.
- An organic market garden run by Growing Communities. The site is open to the public every
Tuesday (from Feb - Dec) when the grower is working there.
» Visit the Growing
Communities website
- A One O'clock Club open to 0 -
5 year olds accompanied
by an adult.
Open 1 - 4pm, Monday to Friday.
For further details call: 020 8809 6700.
The House
 The newly restored House includes the cafe and rooms of varying sizes which are available for community use (at reduced rates) and for private hire.
» More about the House, rates and how to book www.hackney.gov.uk/clissold-house
Or email clissoldhouse@gll.org
Or call 020 7248 2308 and ask for Emma Finch or Ollie Bremner.
All floors of the house are fully accessible via a new lift and there is a small kitchen and a toilet on the top floor available to those booking rooms.
The House café
 The café has both table service and take-away. The cafe is run by Company of Cooks who can also provide catering and events management for dinners, weddings and other events. They are very keen to receive feedback from users of the House and the café.
Call 020 7254 3506
Or email clissoldhouse@companyofcooks.com
» More about Company of Cooks www.companyofcooks.com
Pump House kiosk
Drinks and snacks are also available from the Pump House kiosk on the Green Lanes side of the park. The kiosk is open during the summer months from 8.30 to 2.30pm (hours still to be confirmed).
Education Centre
 There is a new Education Centre and Outdoor Classroom in the refurbished bowling pavilion and bowling green area (opening soon). This will be available free to schools and can be hired by other groups.
There will shortly be a new member of staff in place to support educational visits to the park.
Toilets
The main park toilets (including accessible toilets and baby changing) can be found on the end of the House nearest to the tennis courts. A further disabled access toilet, and nappy changing facilities, are on the middle floor of the House. There are also toilets on the ground floor of the House.
Park keepers and gardeners
There is a team of park keepers and gardeners in the park. Park staff regularly patrol the park. The Park Keepers work Mon - Sun, 9am to dusk.
The Park Keepers’ office is on the right as you enter the back of the House, opposite the main Park Office.
Contact park staff: 020 8356 6834 (this diverts to a mobile phone)
Contact the Head Gardener, Wendy Bowes: 020 8356 3747
» View a map
of the park
Contacts:
For further information about the park please contact Eleanor Johnson, Interim Park Manager
» Email Eleanor Johnson or call 020 8356 4215
If you have strong views on matters concerning
Clissold Park, then do make sure that local
councillors know.
For the current email addresses of Stoke Newington Councillors:
» Visit our Getting involved page
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