Queen's Park

My family LOVES this park! Why?

1. The zip line in the kids playground area.
2. The petting zoo...small and kitschy, but very cute.
3. The café. See my review separately, but this is a great place to take a breather after all of the activities.
4. Golf!! Yes, there is a nice little 9-hole pitch and put course with rental clubs and balls. My wife, two sons (7 and 12 years) and I all had a great time playing.
5. Lots of fields. We played loads of football (soccer) while we were there.
6. Wading pool. We never used it, but it seems like lots of children love it when the weather is warm.
7. Table tennis!! They have two tables. Bring your own paddles and balls or rent from the golf shack. We played Ping-Pong for hours. Be prepared to wait your turn on weekends. They get lots of use.

This is one of the best kept secrets in London!!!

I'm so lucky to have so many open spaces close to where I live. Queens Park is within walking distance, and a great place to visit during the summer months. This park comes under the City of London park group. Like Primrose Hill it is nowhere near the city, so I can't understand the connection.

It is larger than it looks as from the road it looks more like a large urban square. It has plent of facilities, including a paddling pool, tennis courts, a band stand, play ground with sand pit and probably most surprising; it has a 9 hole 'Pitch and Putt' golf course. It aslo has a cafe in the centre, with plenty of outside seating available, both in the sun and shade. They do not allow cycling in the park, nor people having a BBQ.

This park aslo holds festivals during the summer months. It can get really busy during the summer if the weather is nice, especially when the schools break out.

I would recommend anyone to pay it a visit, especially if the weather is nice.

This is a standard tube station in zone 2. It's on the bakerloo line and overground from Watford Junction to Euston. On the southbound platforms there is a small coffee shop. In a good location with a lot of shops, take-aways, cafes etc nearby. A lot of tubes from central do stop here as their final destination and start from here as there is a small depot.

Queen's Park Station has the Bakerloo line and the London Overground run through it. It is a well staffed station and the platform staff are actually very helpful. I always see them telling people which platform the next train is arriving on even when people don't ask but are waiting on a platform where the next train won't be coming for ages.
Late at night this station is not the nicest station to be waiting for a train at especially the Overground which only comes every 20 minutes, but there are still staff around late at night but not many. One door to the station has been boarded up for months now for some reason which is a bit annoying but also just makes the station look tatty so it would be nice if they fixed this.