Explore a large East London park featuring a children's playground with water play, sports facilities, and beautiful mature trees perfect for families.

Rosemary Gardens is a popular 2.63-hectare park located in the east of Islington, offering diverse activities for families and sports enthusiasts. The park features a well-equipped children's playground complete with a toddler sand pit and seasonal water play feature (May-September), alongside accessible toilets for visitor convenience. Beyond the play area, Rosemary Gardens provides excellent sports facilities including a floodlit seven-a-side astroturf football pitch, two basketball hoops with free-play access, tennis courts available for booking, and table tennis tables. The park's natural landscape includes a grass meadow and mature weeping ash trees, creating peaceful spaces for relaxation alongside active recreation. Located on Southgate Road (N1), the park is easily accessible via multiple transport options including buses 76, 141, and 341, or nearby tube stations at Highbury & Islington and Angel. Open daily from 8am with closing times varying by season, Rosemary Gardens welcomes visitors 365 days a year, making it an ideal destination for families seeking outdoor activities, sports, and green space in North London.

Venue Details

What this place offers

Toilets

Public transport nearby

Accessible toilets

Free WiFi

Baby changing facilities

Food available

On-site parking

🐕Dog-friendly

Parking nearby

Pushchair friendly

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Lo

a month ago

We love it here in the summer. Such for for the kids and has toilets too. Great place to.spend the day

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Cavid Nadirov

3 years ago

One of the coolest parks with lots of activity spaces! Table tennis, tennis, football fields, kids playground, some exercise machines, kids wet playground. Very nice hidden gem

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Alexander Kemp

3 years ago

Great little park with lots of dogs and squirrels. Nice football pitch and play area for kids. There is a good little pub nearby called the Rosemary Branch and it’s right next to Shoreditch park and Regents Canal.

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Gianpietro Pucciariello

6 years ago

Lovely, Cozy, little green Gem in N1 Islington, for a Relaxing, family time and highly recommend for couples and dog lovers. Never too busy, but recently a little too many barbecues around. Good facilities for football, tennis (both resources have been newly done), outdoor gym (they need to put some oil in it), table tennis and kids playground, sandpit, (with summer play fountain too). I really love spending time here, highly recommended.

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MK

7 years ago

Islington hidden treasure for a relaxation time. Good playground with a sandpit, water play area in summer and a lovely part of playground with grass. There are football pitch, tennis courts and ping-pong tables.

Reviews last updated: 7 October 2026