Principal Open Spaces
Apart from smaller green areas such as sports grounds and smaller gardens, the following are the major open spaces in the Borough:
- Abney Park Cemetery (nature reserve) - 13 hectares (32 acres)
- Clapton Common - 2.58 hectares (6.4 acres)
- Clissold Park - 22 hectares (54 acres)
- Hackney Downs - 16 hectares (40 acres)
- Hackney Marshes - 138 hectares (340 acres)
- Haggerston Park - 6 hectares (15 acres)
- London Fields - 13 hectares (32 acres)
- Millfields (North and South)
- Shoreditch Park - 7.7 hectares (19 acres)
- Springfield Park - 15.4 hectares (38 acres)
- Stoke Newington Common
- Well Street Common
Victoria Park is a 88 hectares (220 acres) park, bordering on South Hackney; in the adjacent London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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