Islington Parks and Open Spaces - Others

Others

• The Artillery Ground is an 8-acre (3.2 ha) open space on the edge of the City. It has belonged to the Honourable Artillery Company since 1638. While it is not normally open to the public, the ground contains many sports facilities that are used by local schools.
• Bunhill Fields is a 4-hectare (9.88-acre) burial ground, adjacent to the Artillery Ground. It contains many dissenter burials, including Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and William Blake. It is administered by the Corporation of London. Part contains historic graves; but part is laid to a pleasant and quiet park.
• Freightliners City Farm is located in Lower Holloway in Islington. This small urban farm contains a wide range of animals from rabbits to cows to chickens and pigs.
• Islington Green
• New River Walk 1.41 hectare, (3.48 acre) - linear walk that connects the Angel and Canonbury along the bank of the New River.
• Newington Green
• The Regent's Canal enters the Islington Tunnel, near City Road Lock. A linear walk is marked through the streets and parks above the tunnel.
• St Mary Magdalene Gardens
• Parkland Walk a linear park along the route of a disused railway line from Finsbury Park to Highgate Woods, part of which is in Islington with the rest being in Haringey.
• Crouch Hill Park located about halfway along the Parkland Walk. It will soon (October 2012) contain Ashmount Primary School.