About Barnard Park Islington
The Friends of Barnard Park is a community organisation which seeks to involve local people in helping to make Barnard Park a better place.
Barnard Park Islington Description
A short walk from the Angel or King’s Cross, Barnard Park is large city park which provides green space and amenities for a diverse community. Cricket was invented nearby in the early eighteenth century, at White Conduit Fields (just south of the modern intersection of Barnsbury Road and Dewey Road). The area was developed into terraces of brick houses in the nineteenth century, and then bombed in the 1940s. Re-developed as a park in the 1960s, Barnard Park now contains a football pitch, playgrounds for children of various ages and a pleasant green space with views reaching over King’s Cross to the West End.
The Friends of Barnard Park work for improvement of all aspects of the park. We organise community gardening projects to plant bulbs and whole beds. We liaise with police and council to improve park security. We organise events in the park, which have included local history exhibits, picnics, performances by local artists, boules and bouncy castles. We worked with the council and community groups to organise an international design competition to create a vision for the regeneration of the park, and to incorporate within it the views and preferences of local residents.
Membership of the Friends is open to all. We hope that you'll join us.
Reviews
The growing project in the Adventure Playground has really taken root. Kids, first from Thornhill School, now those at the Playground, are tending veg, herbs and flowers with our volunteers. The community group Octopus made pancakes from potatoes grown by the children in the last harvest. Healthy food is important!
Fab flowers tended by volunteers have bloomed all spring in the park. A gorgeous display along Barnsbury Road has cheered up those passing by for months. Here's to spring!
Save the date! This year Pop-Up Saturdays in Barnard Park will be on June 1 and 8. We’re busy organising free activities for the whole family. Mrs. H and the Sing-along Band return on June 1. Live music on both days and fun for children. The Adventure Playground is hatching plans for more kid good times. Watch this space!
Great performances by Oxjam Islington including Argonaut, Amberliegh Drummers, Young Actors Theatre and Afrobeats. Thank you Graham Jones, Kostas and Barry for your help.
Fabulous day yesterday in Barnard Park. Children loved Mr Bubbles, bouncy castles with Tracy & Ken, Happy Pots Pottery and the paint bike looked after by Josie & co.
Free fun family activities tomorrow 11am - 4pm. Bubbles, bouncy castles, pottery and MORE. The Adventure Playground is open for families. Yes there will be slime!
Live music TOMORROW in Barnard Park 11am-4pm. Great line-up. Music and dance from Oxjam Islington, Amberleigh Drummers, Afrobeats and Young Actors Theatre. Come join the fun.
Mr Bubbles brings his bubble magic for kids to our second Pop-Up THIS Saturday June 9. Bubbles galore!
Coffee and cakes in the cafe with lovely music from Corsican Brass. Stay tuned. Live music, bubbles and kid's activities at next Saturday's pop-up.
Good fun at Scruffs with dogs, kids and owners. Lots of prizes for pooches. Thank you park dog squad and animal welfare officer Joe Clark.
Fabulous Saturday in Barnard Park. Perfect weather. Beautiful birds from Falconry UK. Project to encourage swifts in Islington was there too. Good day with our winged friends.
Mrs H and the band rock the Adventure Playground!
It’s all happening at Barnard Park today!
Meet Big Birds at the Barnard Park Pop-Up TOMORROW at Falconry UK's bird display. Get close to an eagle. Check out Blu the blue-winged kookaburra. Ever seen a vulture? Free family activities from 11am - 4pm through out the day.
Mrs. H and the Sing-along Band kick off the Pop-Ups THIS Saturday June 2 at 11am with music, fun and puppetry for smaller children. The Adventure Playground will be open for families. Plus a big bird display from Falconry UK and the Scruffs dog event with prizes for the winners. The café will be serving coffee, tea and delicious cakes. See you in the park!
Pop-Up posters are up! Thank you for the graphics assist Dillon Williams from Lift Youth Hub on White Lion Street.