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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Paradise Park

Paradise Park is popular with families and is next to Freightliners Farm. There are lots of things to do in the park, including playing sports and enjoying the playground.

Park features

  • Park keeper
  • Children's playground with a water play feature
  • RSPB sparrow meadow
  • Open grass area
  • Outdoor gym equipment
  • Mary Tealby Peace Garden
  • Chess tables
  • Paradise Park Children's Centre
  • Freightliners Farm
  • Martin Luther King Young People's Partnership
  • Electric hotplate for preparing food

Sports facilities

  • Five-a-side floodlit astroturf pitch with football goals and step-free access. You can book the pitch here.
  • Free outdoor gym facility

Address

MacKenzie Road, N7

Size

1.85 hectares or 4.57 acres

Getting there

Buses: 153 to MacKenzie Road; 43, 271, 393 to Holloway Road; 17, 91, 259, 274 to Caledonian Road

Tube: Caledonian Road, Highbury & Islington  

Train: Caledonian Road and Barnsbury, Highbury & Islington 

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 and closing times

See our parks opening and closing times page.

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.

Contact

Assistant Parks Manager, Public Realm Division

Email: greenspace@islington.gov.uk

Telephone: 020 7527 2000

Text: 'Greenspace' + your message to 80800

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