Principal Open Spaces
- Barnard Park 3.66 hectares (9.04 acres)
- Caledonian Park 7.40 hectares, (18.27 acres) - on the site of the former Caledonian Cattle Market once the biggest cattle market in North London
- Elthorne Park 2.45 hectares, (6.06 acres)
- Finsbury Square 0.70 hectares, (1.74 acres)
- Fortune Street Park 0.36 hectares, (0.89 acres)
- Gillespie Park 2.56 hectares, (6.32 acres) - has nature reserve
- Highbury Fields 11.75 hectares, (29.00 acres)
- Joseph Grimaldi Park
- Laycock Street Open Space 0.89 hectares, (2.20 acres)
- Paradise Park 1.85 hectares, (4.57 acres)
- Rosemary Gardens 2.63 hectares, (6.48 acres)
- Tufnell Park Playing Fields {1.92 hectares, (4.73 acres)
- Whittington Park 4.09 hectares, (10.11 acres)
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