Additional information

General opening and closing times

All our parks are open seven days a week.

Opening times

Times by park:

• Paddington Recreation Ground - 7am
• Victoria Embankment Gardens - 7:30am
• Lower Grosvenor Gardens - 10am
• All other parks, gardens and open spaces - 8am

Closing times

The closing times for all our parks, gardens and open spaces vary by the time of year:

• end of British Summer Time to 15 February - 4:30pm
• 16 February to 28/29 February - 5:30pm
• 1 March to beginning of British Summer Time - 6pm
• beginning of British Summer Time to 31 March - 7:30pm
• 1 April to 15 April - 8pm
• 16 April to 30 April - 8:30pm
• 1 May to 15 May - 9pm
• 16 May to 31 July - 9:30pm
• 1 August to 15 August - 9pm
• 16 August to 31 August - 8:30pm
• 1 September to 15 September - 8pm
• 16 September to 30 September - 7:30pm
• 1 October to 15 October - 6:30pm
• 16 October to end of British Summer Time - 6pm

Parks with disabled access

• Berkeley Square
• Bessborough Gardens
• Causton Street
• Cavendish Square Gardens
• Channel Four Community Gardens
• Christchurch Gardens
• Crown Reach
• Drury Lane Gardens (toilets with limited public access)
• Ebury Square
• Edbrooke Road Gardens
• Garden of Rest Marylebone
• Golden Square
• Hanover Square
• Inigo Jones Garden (toilets accessed from Covent Garden piazza)
• Kildare Gardens
• Leicester Square Gardens
• Lisson Street Community Gardens
• Lower Grosvenor Gardens
• Marble Arch
• Millbank Gardens
• Mount Street Gardens
• New Trinity Mews
• Norfolk Square Gardens
• Orange Square (disabled toilet)
• Paddington Green
• Paddington Street Gardens South (toilets, including disabled, accessible from Paddington Street)
• Pimlico Gardens
• Porchester Square Gardens
• Queen's Park Gardens
• Rembrandt Gardens
• Riverside Walk Gardens - (disabled access to park but not along river walk with steps to Vauxhall Bridge)
• Soho Square
• St George's Square
• St John's Gardens Horseferry Road
• St John's Wood Church Grounds (disabled toilet)
• St Mary's Churchyard
• St Mary's Square Open Space
• St Marylebone Parish Church Grounds
• St Stephen's Gardens Open Space
• Stone Wharf
• Sussex Gardens Open Space
• Talbot Square Gardens
• Tamplin Mews Open Space
• Temple Gardens
• Victoria Embankment Gardens
• Victoria Embankment Gardens Whitehall section
• Victoria Square
• Victoria Street Westminster Cathedral Piazza
• Victoria Tower Gardens South
• Violet Hill Gardens (disabled toilet)

Parks that are dog friendly

All our parks are dog friendly, except for:

• Broadley Street Gardens
• Causton Street Enclosed Playground
• Chelsea Bridge Shubbery (enclosed areas)
• Dury Lane 
• Ebury Square
• Edbrooke gardens enclosed playground
• Golden Square
• Kildare Gardens
• Lisson Street Community Gardens
• New Trinity Mews
• Norfolk Square Gardens
• Porchester Square
• Queens Park
• Rembrandt Gardens
• Soho Square
• St Stephen's Gardens Open Space
• Soho Square
• Sussex Gardens Open Space
• Talbot Square Gardens
• Tamplin Mews
• Violet Hill 
• Westbourne Gardens

Park bench scheme

Please see our dedicated park bench scheme page.