Clissold Park — Attraction in London

I've not come to this park before but by the look of the park and images from the Google I can tell it is a nice park for children and family.

Today I attended an event "Anatolian Cultural Fete" that took place in this park for two days . Today is the last day of the event.

The event took place in one side of the park. Food stalls were set up in white tent. There was a seating area in another tent. Also traditional way of seating arrangements were made.

In one side there was some rides for the children including bouncy castle.

Main attraction was the ladies only area. Women were selling all sorts of products. From bedsheet-throws to cotton scarves. Glassware-dinnerware products to art and design. Handicrafts, Calligraphy and brooches. Someone was doing Henna on the kids too. Taking pictures weren't allowed hence I don't have anything from the ladies side. There was a prayer room and a toilet too.

At around 4pm a stage show, singing and dancing took place. We didn't stay any longer. First of all, it was really windy, cloudy and cold. 3°C colder than yesterday. Secondly, couldn't understand anything that was being said in Turkish.

Food: We bought 5 packet of Chicken and meat doner and 2 packet of Burger. Got a free Pepsi with Burger. They had Ice cream, Turkish Tea and Baklava stalls.

I'm a BIG fan of Dirilis Ertugrul so I bought a Kayi hat for £3. My one had the Ottoman symbols at the front. Should have gone for the one with Kayi symbol; lYl

My sister bought a Tughra designed fridge magnet. The stall had few things to sell and I have almost half the things that was laid on the table due to going to Turkey in 2014.

Despite the weather we enjoyed our time there. Yesterday was sunny and bright. Should have gone yesterday. Looking forward to another cultural festival.

Transport: Route 141 and 341 operates here. Bus stop is within walking distance...

I LOVE Clissold Park!

A beautiful park with charming character.

I really enjoy jogging through Clissold, there's enough space and pathways to get a decent run in and there are plenty of beautiful sights to enjoy whilst trying not to think about how many minutes I've been running for.

It's a total understatement, but Clissold Park has been a godsend for me during lockdown.

Another stunning sight to enjoy whilst jogging (or not) is the stand - alone eighteenth century mansion house 'Clissold House' (currently closed for events and bookings, but open for take away coffee!)

There are big ponds home to beautiful swans, ducks and baby ducklings, a small animal sanctuary (deer, goats and parrots), a great size children's playground that has a zipwire, swings and a big slide! (my niece's favourites)

There is so much green space it's great for the kids to run about in and explore.

Clissold is my favourite park in London, the atmosphere and vibe is really nice and the pathways are all flat-route so it's great for joggers, bikes, pushchairs/prams and wheelchairs.

Other facilities include; Toilets (currently closed) Tennis courts Skate park/bowl Outdoor pool (paddling, currently not in use)

I always see happy faces in this park.

Defo a vibe, any season.

Any questions send me a DM on Instagram...

Generally a beautiful park with two lovely ponds. Lots of greenery and a really nice cafe with a picnic area to sit just outside it. Very expensive. One coffee is £3 plus.

The park has two gated off areas which is dog free and children/ parents can sit/play comfortably.

Children park - has a variety of playing equipment with a sandpit usually gets busy but some hours are quieter in the week.

Toilets - are generally quite dirty particularly if it’s a very busy day at the park. This needs to be improvised asap.

In summer it gets overly busy, you may see people sunbathing in bikinis as tho it’s the beach. Not very nice.. rubbish (beer cans and many other things) is thrown everywhere and people generally pee behind bushes or by trees as there is only one toilet facility which is far and is closed after early afternoon hours. You may see people behaving inappropriately in different locations in the park.

At night people often are seen jumping the fences after closing hours and potentially criminal activity take place in evening hours. Groups of teenagers seen standing together in dark areas.

There are tennis courts which are quite good but the issue is they are generally quite fully booked up in advance so you are likely to get chucked out if you haven’t...