Queen's Park Reviews Summary

Park Facilities

Pros:

• "Beautiful plants, lots of green space and good facilities."
• "There is also an excellent cafe to stop and get a coffee or even a full English breakfast."
• "It has a toddler swimming pool open in the summer."
• "The kids play area is brilliant and a good size for everyone."
• "A big green space, very clean and well kept by the gardeners. Tennis courts are in great condition and booking them online is straight forward."
• "A lovely park looked after by the City of London. You will find here: a café, pet's corner with chicken, sheep and goats, a quiet garden, mini golf course, children's playground."
• "Table tennis, mini golf & tennis."

Cons:

• "The park can be a bit busy, people not always great at observing social distancing possibilities."
• "The facilities for gym are not that great."
• "Sadly nowhere to sit for a much needed rest (I'm disabled) as all the benches are always full despite notices asking that they only be used for a genuine short rest while we're in lockdown."
• "Poor miserable dogs that have the misfortune of living near queen's park."
• "Been going with my grandson so he can play in the kids park section. It's a shame that they have let all the equipment fall into disrepair."
• "Some paths are quite full of leaves and mud."
• "Tennis courts, golf course, children’s play area inc sand pit haven’t been managed very well"

Park Maintenance

Pros:

• "This park is well keep & preserved, this park is also well used by parents and their children."
• "Very pretty and we'll maintained."
• "Wonderful park with beautiful plants and impeccably kept."
• "Excellent park that is looked after very well."
• "Great park, well looked after. Nice childrens play area and a small farm. A quiet flower garden for the adults and plenty on space to relax or play games."
• "The park is beautiful, well maintained by a great team of staff."
• "Park is well looked after it's clean the grass is freshly cut."

Cons:

• "This park is not maintained as the grass was not cut."
• "The small animal park needs to have a good clean. Was very dirty and smelly!"
• "The thing which I did not like about the park is it's not as clean as the other parks in London."
• "In the north part of the park you can go through a foresty bit, but beware - it's full of biting insects in the summer."
• "The forest soil has been compacted by feet preventing it's correct function."
• "It's a shame, I've downgraded it from a fantastic sanctuary to simply a nice park."
• "This park used to be great because of the children's paddling pool. It's now been 2 years since the lido has been closed, very disappointing."

Accessibility & Convenience

Pros:

• "Mo to Fr it's free from 5 30pm."
• "Saturdays and Sundays it's easy to find parking right at the park fence."
• "Walking distance from areas like Maida Vale or Saint John's Wood."
• "We come from far in our car and there is always sufficient street parking right on the boundaries."
• "There is adequate parking in close proximity to the park, the cost won't break the bank either."
• "Walking here was very relaxing."
• "Plenty of mature trees provide shade for picnics."

Cons:

• "Only downside are the opening hours. Closes quite early."
• "We were surprised they were closing it at 4.30pm though! Quite early."
• "Just a reminder it's a pay and display parking."
• "The parks coffee shop only takes cards (so no cash) and is a little over priced."
• "The sign saying cards only was far too small so they came back empty handed and very disgruntled."
• "Parking ringed all around the park."
• "No cons mentioned regarding accessibility and convenience."