Bruce Castle Park

Lordship Lane, N17

• Opening times 
• Facilities and accessibility 
• About your park 
• Tree trail
• Report a problem
• Location and directions 
• Events and activities 

Opening times 

The park isn’t locked at night. 

Facilities and accessibility 

Facilities 

• Basketball 
• Café (external link) 
• Multi-use games area  
• Paddling pool- for opening times please visit the fun in the water page 
• Picnic area  
• Playground 
• Table tennis
• Tennis – send booking enquiry online with OpenPlay (external link) 
• Toilets – in the museum 

Accessibility 

All Haringey parks are accessible to wheelchair users.

See more accessibility information on AccessAble (external link). 

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About your park 

History 

Bruce Castle Park covers 8 hectares of parkland. Its rich history dates back to the early 11th century. 

The park was created from the remains of the ancient Bruce Castle family estate, purchased by the council in 1892.  

Bruce Castle Museum and Archive (external link), located in the park, is a Grade I listed 16th century manor house. It houses the borough’s local history collections and archives and has been open since 1906.  

Green Flag Award 

First awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award in 2003, Bruce Castle Park has kept it ever since.  

• Bruce Castle Green Flag report 2022 (PDF, 109KB)
• Bruce Castle Green Flag report 2019 (PDF, 134KB)

Oak tree 

A magnificent ancient oak tree dominates the northern side of the park. It's believed to be about 500 years old and came runner up in the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year award for England in 2018. 

Holocaust Memorial Garden 

The park is home to a Holocaust Memorial Garden, honouring those killed by Nazis in the second world war. 

Friends group 

The park has an active friends group. Find out more: 

• Friends of Bruce Castle Park (external link) 

Park management 

Find out how Bruce Castle Park is managed: 

• Bruce Castle Park management plan 2021 (PDF, 1.3MB)

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Tree trail

The Museum and Parks Service produced a tree trail for the park. It details an exciting trail for children to follow.  

Download a copy below and start exploring. 

• Bruce Castle Tree Trail (PDF, 809KB)
• Bruce Castle Tree Trail - Tree ID Sheet (PDF, 517KB)  

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Report a problem

If you think there’s a problem with this park, please report it. 

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