One of my favourite things to do on a Sunday morning is walk through Battersea Park. I used to do the same thing in Prospect Park when I lived in Brooklyn, in Windsor Terrace. (About which: don’t be fooled by the celebrity status of Central Park. Prospect Park, also designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, is in my opinion a far superior park, with fewer crowds, less trampled grounds and just a general more park-like vibe.)
As for Battersea Park, I confess that sometimes I enjoy it best on my own, pausing when I want to take pictures on my iPhone and letting impulse guide my path.
Yet it’s also a great park to go with children. There’s the zoo, playgrounds, the paths lined with trees or laying alongside the Thames like piping, the lake, the cycle paths and so on. The Affordable Art Fair is a don’t miss.
Here’s a look at the park via Instagram:
Great photos, very artistic angles. London parks are more beautiful and plentiful than any other city in the world. I still miss Kensington Gardens and Ladbroke Square where we lived for a while (though I spent waay too many hours in that damp sandpit there…)
I was surprised at how plentiful and accessible London’s parks are when I moved here. Next step: live on a square with my own private park…
Lovely photos- I heart Battersea Park too, it was my local park as a child and I still live nearby- I particularly love the riverside walk and the Hepworth sculpture by the pond.
It must be nice living within walking distance of the park. It’s a bit of a trek for us.