Joseph Hood Recreation Ground — Attraction in London

Lovely park, absolutely huge and has a path going all the way around it, perfect for joggers. It has 2 playgrounds, 1 for very small children and a 2nd for slightly bigger kids. A new wet area for young children like a mini pool. Multiple tennis courts and a new outdoor gym is currently being built. The big green hosts areas for football and cricket. A minute walk through the attached wooded area brings you to the Cannon Hill Common, another large grassy area with a small water area for fishing and home to beautiful ducks and recently lots of...

Regular football at the weekends and cricket during the summer. The field seems to be kept in good condition. There are tarmac tennis courts that are again well used and two playgrounds. There are a couple of paddling pools that are filled during the summer and the council come around to check on the water quality but we haven't used them for a couple of years so cannot say if this is still the case. Very popular with dog walkers going to and from Canon...

This is a quite basic but large park. There are 2 playgrounds in each corner for younger and older kids, the first one with a little paddling pool which is almost always empty and not very clean. Huge space in the middle for football and cricket games. Merton FC train their youngster there. Nice for jogging around the pitch with flat track. Tennis courts and parking space. We teached our kids how to ride...