Parks and gardens

Welcome to Westminster Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces

Parks Service - what do we do?

We manage all of the City of Westminster's Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces. We form one part of the Parks, Sport and Leisure Division which is made up of Cemeteries, Leisure and Trees. The name Parks Service covers both the client and contractor who manage the service in partnership. We do not manage any of the Royal Parks. Contact information for the Royal Parks is located at the bottom of the page.

We manage 109 sites across the City from Queens Park Gardens and St. Johns Wood Church Grounds in the north to Victoria Embankment Gardens and Pimlico Gardens in the South. Of these 109 sites 56 are Parks, Gardens or Open Spaces. The remaining sites are ones where we manage the horticultural element on behalf of other council departments.

Westminster's Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces have over the years been consistent award winners in competitions such as the London Garden Squares Competition organised by The London Garden Squares Society and 13 Green Flags in 2008.

Management of Parks and Gardens

The public are only permitted to use the Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces as set down in the byelaws. A copy of the byelaws is available online by clicking on the link. The byelaws also specify the opening and closing times of all our Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces.

A complete list of our Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces is available by clicking on the link.

If you have a general query, comment or complaint about the Parks in general then you can contact us online. If you have a query or comment on how individual Parks are managed or wish to make enquiries about using a location for an event or similar activity then you can also visit our contact us page.

The Grounds Maintenance and Patrolling Service for the Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces is carried out under contract by Continental Landscapes Ltd whose contact information can be found on our contact page.