Skip to main content

Banner Alert Image  Haringey, Here to Help: Support with money, benefits, and debt

Home – Haringey London Council logo

Login/Register

Search form

Sign in

  • Services for residents
  • Pay, report, apply
  • Business information
  • Local democracy
  • Services for residents
  • Pay, report, apply
  • Business information
  • Local democracy
  • Home
  • Births, Death, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
  • Business
  • Children and Families
  • Community
  • Contact
  • Council Tax and Benefits
  • Environment and Waste
  • Housing
  • Jobs and Training
  • Libraries, Sport and Leisure
  • Local Democracy
  • News and Events
  • Parking, Roads and Travel
  • Planning and Building Control
  • Regeneration
  • Social Care and Health

Haringey Supports Ukraine: We are working with local groups to support people in Ukraine. See how you can help and donate

Haringey’s open spaces retain Green Flags as six vie for the UK’s Favourite Park crown

Publication date:
July 28, 2022

All 22 of Haringey Council’s parks have retained their Green Flag Awards status for 2022, with six of them also in the running to be crowned the UK’s favourite in a nationwide competition.
 
Haringey’s parks have always been a haven for residents across the borough and visitors to the area, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic, and are rightly held in high regard by those who use and enjoy them here.
 
They are also tended to regularly by an ever-willing band of Friends groups, community stakeholders and volunteers, as well as the Parks team at the council, so these Green Flags and national recognition are for all those who hold Haringey’s parks close to their hearts overall.
 
Haringey’s parks are strongly represented among the nominations for the Greater London area, with the borough’s six shortlisted entrants making up almost 18% (17.6%) of the 34-strong field overall.
 
The green open spaces from the borough in the running for this national accolade are as follows:
 
•    Bruce Castle Park
•    Downhills Park
•    Lordship Recreation Ground
•    OR Tambo Recreation Ground
•    Stationers Park
•    Woodside Park
 
You can vote for your favourite Haringey Park to be crowned the UK’s favourite over on the Fields in Trust website (external link). Select Greater London as the area from the drop-down menu and then submit your vote for Bruce Castle, Downhills, Lordship Rec, OR Tambo Rec, Stationers or Woodside Park.
 
Voting closes at 12noon on Thursday 18 August 2022, so cast yours today here (external link)!
 
Meanwhile, all 22 of Haringey’s council-run parks and open spaces will have Green Flags raised above them again this year after cementing their award-winning credentials once more.
 
Cllr Julie Davies, Haringey Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Civic Life, said:

It’s fantastic news that we have retained our 22 Green Flags in the recent inspection.

The Council’s Parks team and our local network of Friends of Parks work together to keep our parks in great shape and maintained to a high standard.

Six of our green, open spaces have also been nationally recognised as contenders for the UK’s Favourite Park 2022. This is a huge success for us and a credit to our staff.

The Green Flag Award scheme sets the benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world. 
 
It recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces and is managed by the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
 
With Alexandra Park (run by the Alexandra Park & Palace Charitable Trust), Highgate Wood (managed by the Corporation of London) and Tottenham Marshes (run by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) also receiving Green Flag recognition too, the total tally for borough for 2022/23 is in fact 25.
 
The full list of Haringey’s council-run parks to be awarded a Green Flag this year is as follows:
 
•    Belmont Recreation Ground
•    Bruce Castle Park
•    Chapmans Green
•    Chestnuts Park
•    Coldfall Wood
•    Down Lane Park
•    Downhills Park
•    Ducketts Common
•    Fairland Park
•    Finsbury Park
•    Lordship Recreation Ground
•    Markfield Park
•    OR Tambo Recreation Ground
•    Paignton Park
•    Parkland Walk
•    Priory Park
•    Queen’s Wood
•    Railway Fields
•    Russell Park
•    Stationers Park
•    Tottenham Green
•    Woodside Park
 
For further information, check out the Keep Britain Tidy website (external link).

A picture of Queen's Wood

 

Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter

Tell us what you think about this page

Problem with a service?
If you have a service problem or complaint you need help with then please visit our contact pages.


Help us improve this page
If you want to make comments specifically about this page, then please answer the questions below.

* = response required

Ease of use

Overall, how easy was it to get the help you wanted today?

Service required

What was the main service you were interested in today?

Purpose of visit

What was your main purpose for coming to the website today?

Covid-19

Did you visit the website for information related to COVID-19?
Did you find what you were looking for? (optional)

Device and browser information

It will help us understand any problems if you can tell us a bit about what you are using to browse the website:

Which type of device are you using right now? (optional)
Which browser are you using? (optional)

Your comments

Please use the following space to tell us more about your visit today. 

Please note that if you want to report a problem with a council service or have a general service request, you will need to contact Customer Services directly.

Haringey, Here to Help

 See what help and support is available for residents

Here to Help written on blue background


Testing and vaccines

  • Testing in Haringey
  • COVID-19 vaccinations

Haringey case numbers

Weekly case numbers and rates
See COVID-19 case numbers in Haringey


Haringey People Extra
e-newsletter

Sign up for regular updates
Stay in the know by signing up to Haringey People Extra now!


 

Advertising

Our advertising policy

  • Home
  • Births, Death, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
  • Business
  • Children and Families
  • Community
  • Contact
  • Council Tax and Benefits
  • Environment and Waste
  • Housing
  • Jobs and Training
  • Libraries, Sport and Leisure
  • Local Democracy
  • News and Events
  • Parking, Roads and Travel
  • Planning and Building Control
  • Regeneration
  • Social Care and Health

A to Z Directory of Haringey Council Services

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

Ways of keeping in touch with us

Contact us

For non-urgent queries you can use our online contact form.

Have your say

Help us make sure we’re achieving our aims and tell us what you think.

Mobile apps

Useful and convenient council services in the palm of your hand.

Email alerts

Tell us what you're interested in and receive updates direct to your inbox.

Twitter

Get the latest important announcements as they happen.

Facebook

Be part of the Haringey community online as well as off.

Instagram

A space to celebrate the great things in our borough.

YouTube

See and hear about Haringey issues and news on our very own YouTube channel.

  • Accessibility
  • Translation services
  • About this site
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Cookies

This site is © Copyright Haringey Council