Name: Victoria Park
Rating: 5.0

Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Grove Rd, London E3 5TB, UK

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Victoria Park is one of London’s most important historic parks. Its oldest public park, visited by millions of Londoners for almost 170 years. A place of healthy recreation, sports, play and relaxation.

The park is the largest in Tower Hamlets at 86.18 hectares. It has one of the highest visitor numbers of all the London parks with around 9 million visits per year.A range of formal and informal sports, sponsored activities, events and festivals take place during the year. Victoria Park is a key link in a green corridor. It stretches from the River Thames at Limehouse. Then goes along the Regents Canal and through Mile End Park, along with the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next door. The London Borough of Hackney sits on northern boundary of the park.

Features

Free
Host birthday parties: No

Features

Toilets available
Victoria Park makes a great connection point between various other parks (including Mile End which boasts a good athletics track, Lee Valley and Olympic Park nearby) and the canals, two of which (Regent’s and Hertford Union) run alongside.
The park has two cafes, The Pavilion Cafe in the west and The Park Cafe in the east.
Recommended to keep dogs on a lead to support effective social distancing.

What to see

Running tracks
Victoria Park is used as a concert venue and hosts many festivals each year.
Sporting facilities and skate park
The park is home to many historic artifacts and features and has decorative gardens and wilder natural areas as well as open grass lands.