Milkwood Community Park
A popular open space located between Camberwell, Herne Hill and Brixton, containing a children's playground, ball games court, seating, shelters and areas for wildlife, play and social interaction. Milkwood Community Park provides local residents, schoolchildren, youth and visitors alike with a safe and welcoming place to escape the demands of urban life.
Address: Milkwood Road, SE24 0HZ
Tube: Brixton (Victoria Line), 0.6 miles (1 km)
Rail: Loughborough Junction, 0.5 miles (0.8 km); Herne Hill, 0.4 miles (0.6 km)
Buses: 35, 45, 345 and P4 (all to/from from Brixton, Camberwell or Herne Hill).
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Facilities
Opening times
The park opens by 7.30am each morning and is closed approximately 15 minutes before sunset. See opening and closing times
Green Flag Award
Milkwood Community Park is one of Lambeth's six Green Flag Award-winning parks. It was the first open space in Lambeth to win a Green Flag Award, and has now held this prestigious title for a record four years in succession.
Since 2003 Milkwood Residents' Association, Lambeth Council, London and Quadrant Housing Association and community consultants have been working in close partnership to secure significant inward investment in order to regenerate 
the park. Their efforts resulted in transforming what used to be a rather bland site into a quality green space that meets local needs and community aspirations. To date over £550,000 has been invested in Milkwood Community Park so that it offers people of all ages and interests a wide range of facilities for play, sport and relaxation.
The Green Flag Award continues to recognise and celebrate the considerable achievements made by residents and the council to provide the local community with a green space we can all be proud of.
The Milkwood Residents' Association represents those living around and using the park, and continues to play a major role in its sustainable management and development for present and future generations. To contact or join the Association, or to find out more about their work, telephone 020 7207 9530 or email: m.r.assoc@ntlworld.com.
A park for people, nature and learning
Milkwood Community Park is bounded on three sides by schools and nurseries, enabling it to offer children and young adults with a safe place for play and learning. To the east is St. John's Community Hall, which contains a popular infant's nursery, and to the south is Jessop School, a primary and nursery school for children aged 3 to 11 years.
To the north of Milkwood Community Park is The Michael Tippett School, a Special Education Needs (SEN) school first opened on this site on 25th February 2008. It was the first school in Lambeth to be completed under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and the first SEN school in England built under BSF. As well as state of the art facilities for pupils and staff, the school also boasts a large 'green roof', made up of a living carpet of Sedum plants, which at a total area of 1800 m2 makes it one of the largest green roofs in Lambeth and on any school in the UK.
This green roof helps increase local biodiversity, and complements the ongoing creation of areas of wildflower meadow, and the planting of native trees and hedging, in Milkwood Community Park itself.
Help us look after Milkwood Community Park
Milkwood Community Park is managed by Lambeth Parks and Greenspaces and patrolled by the Lambeth Park Rangers. The park comes under the area patrolled by the Herne Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Team of the Lambeth Borough Police, who work in close partnership with the council, Park Rangers and the Milkwood Residents' Association to make sure the site and local area are safe and welcoming for everybody.
Please remember that Milkwood Community Park is a dog free area; this is for the benefit of children and wildlife, to makes sure that everyone who uses the site can enjoy it.
For more information on Milkwood Community Park and how to help us keep it clean, green and safe please contact us on 020 7926 9000 or email us at parks@lambeth.gov.uk
How can I find out more?
You can find out more about the Green Flag Award scheme, Milkwood Community Park and what we can do to promote parks and open spaces by clicking on the following links.