Rosemary Gardens

A large popular park in the east of the borough, with lots of things to do including playing sports and a play area.

Park features

Children's playground with toddler sand pit and water play feature as well as accessible toilets
Grass meadow
Mature weeping ash trees

Sports facilities

Changing rooms
Seven-a-side floodlit astroturf football pitch with step-free access. Book the pitch.
Two sets of free-play basketball hoops and stepped access
Two tarmac tennis courts and stepped access plus a tennis wall. Book a court.
Four free-play table tennis tables

Address

Southgate Road, N1

Size

2.63 hectares or 6.48 acres

Getting there

Buses: 76, 141, 341 to Southgate Road

Tube: Highbury & Islington, Angel

Train: Essex Road station

Accessibility

Use Interactive Maps to identify nearest disabled parking bays and distance from public transport routes.

A Disabled Access Guide is available at Disabled Go.

Opening times

All parks with gates open by 8am daily. All of our parks are open 365 days a year (including Christmas and New Year's Day).

Water play features are turned on between 10am and 7pm during the months of May to September. They are turned off for the rest of the year.

Closing times

Closing times vary throughout the year, but it's usually at sunset. You can find monthly closing times below:

January - 6pm
February - 6pm
March (GMT*) - 6pm
March (BST*) - 8pm
April - 8pm
May - 9pm
June - 9pm
July - 9pm
October (BST*)- 7pm
October (GMT*) - 5pm
November - 5pm
December - 5pm

*GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) - times stated are valid until the clocks go forward one hour in March and from when the clocks go back one hour in October.

*BST (British Summer Time) - times stated are valid from when the clocks go forward one hour in March and until the clocks go back one hour in October.

Contact

Assistant Parks Manager, Public Realm Division

Email: greenspace@islington.gov.uk

Telephone: 020 7527 2000

Text: 'Greenspace' + your message to 80800