Victoria Park
Local highlightOpen accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Opened in 1845 for the benefit of the East End’s working class, Victoria Park in Bow was London’s first public park and is still known locally as “the People’s Park” — a name it earned as a site for political rallies and public speeches through the Victorian era and beyond. It’s a proper size, 85 hectares of lakes, sports pitches and tree-lined avenues, with the Regent’s Canal running along its southern edge. Free to walk in at any time. Homerton station is about a kilometre north.
