Victoria Park
East London's big Victorian people's park, with boating lakes, a Chinese pagoda, the Burdett-Coutts fountain and canal-side paths, all busy with joggers, skaters and picnickers.
- Park
- Price: Free
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Did you know
Two stone alcoves near the Hackney Wick war memorial are surviving fragments of the old London Bridge, demolished in 1831, placed in the park in 1860.
Local tip
The park opens at 7am and closes at dusk, 365 days a year. The splash pool runs 11am-5pm every day from spring bank holiday through the summer, and there are three cafes: the Pavilion Cafe and Blas in the west and the Hub in the east.
Finding it
- Address
- Grove Road, Bow, London E3 5TB
- Nearest station
- Hackney Wick (Overground), 870 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Roman Road MarketA market of over 150 years in Bow, with stalls selling clothes, homeware, flowers, fruit and veg and hot food, alongside long-established family-run shops on Roman Road.
- Bad CoffeeA micro-roastery and takeaway espresso bar in a Hackney Wick unit, with playful yellow branding and small-batch coffee from smallholder farms.
- Moo Canoes (Hackney Wick)Hire a kayak, canoe or paddleboard from a barge at Hackney Wick and paddle the waterways near the Olympic Park, with no experience needed.
- Hon's BBQA Chinese-Texan smokehouse above Crate Brewery in Hackney Wick, serving meat smoked low and slow for up to twelve hours and sold by the gram.