Myatt's Fields Park
Myatt's Fields Park is a wonderful Victorian park with fine examples of seasonal bedding displays.
Recently restored with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Lambeth Council, the park contains a wide range of heritage and recreational facilities. These include tennis courts, a bandstand and ball games area, along with a new playground with a wet play zone.
Myatt's Fields Park is one of Lambeth's six Green Flag Award-winning parks, having won this prestigious title for the first time in 2009. The Green Flag Award recognises the considerable achievements made together by residents and council to provide the local community with a quality green space we can all be proud of.
Address: Cormont Road, SE5 9RA
Tube: Oval (Northern Line), 1 mile (1.3 km); Brixton (Victoria Line), 1 mile (1.3 km)
Rail: Brixton, 1 mile (1.3 km), Loughborough Junction, 0.6 miles (0.9 km)
Bus: 3, 36, 59, 133, 159, 185, 436 and P5 (all to/from Brixton, Camberwell, Elephant and Castle, Vauxhall and Central London)
See a location map for Myatt's Fields Park
Facilities
- Children's play area (dog free)
- One O'Clock Club
- Wet play zone
- Dog exercise area
- Flower gardens
- Quiet and picnic areas
- Nature conservation area (with pond)
- Sports facilities:
- All weather pitch - Astro turf / 3G pitch - free / no booking required
- Tennis courts - charges apply during the following hours only:
Monday-Friday - 4pm-9pm
Sat, Sun and Bank Holidays - 9am-7pm:
Adults £4/hr; Under-16s free.
Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL)manages sports bookings in our parks. Please call them on 0845 130 8998 to make a booking.
- Toilets
- 'Friends of' group - email:info@myattsfieldspark.info or contact Lambeth Parks.
Myatt's Fields Park bandstand
The bandstand in Myatt's Fields Park is available to use for events. For more information see our events at Lambeth bandstands page.
Opening times
The park opens by 7.30am each morning and is closed approximately 15 minutes before sunset. See opening and closing times
New developments in Myatt's Fields park
Myatt's Fields Park has recently completed a major £2.6M overhaul funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Lambeth Council and a wide range of other grant sources.
The playground was totally refurbished to provide a new exciting space for local children and families to enjoy, including an innovative new water play area, designated spaces for a range of age groups and new pieces of play equipment with appropriate safety surfacing. The new playground, which also incorporates an informal play area and sensory trail, new plantings, furniture, seating areas and lawns, was officially opened in July 2009.
The playground will soon be complemented by a new One O'clock Club, being built during 2009-10. This will provide infants, parents and their carers with a state of the art building containing opportunities for play and learning in a safe and stimulating environment.
Myatt's Fields Park has a refurbished parks depot which contains staff offices and a training centre managed by the charity Roots and Shoots. The park contains a new nature conservation area which offers opportunities for training in conservation and horticultural skills, as well as for practical volunteering by residents, schools and businesses.
If you would like any more information about park's restoration programme, including the playground or new One O'clock Club, please contact Lambeth Parks on 020 7926 9000.
Myatt's Fields Park Project Group
Myatt's Fields Park has a vibrant and active community that both surround and use it, represented by the Myatt's Fields Park Project Group (MFPPG).
The group has been instrumental in helping secure significant funding to regenerate the park and in winning a Green Flag Award in 2009. It continues to work in partnership with Lambeth Council and other stakeholders to protect Myatt's Fields Park's for present and future generations.
For more information contact the MFPPG at info@myattsfieldspark.info or go their website
Help us look after Myatt's Fields Park
Myatt's Fields Park is managed by Lambeth Parks and Greenspaces and patrolled by the Lambeth Park Rangers.
The park also comes under the area patrolled by the Vassal Safer Neighbourhoods Team of the Lambeth Borough Police, who work in close partnership with Lambeth Council, Park Rangers and the Myatt's Fields Park Project Group to make sure the park and its surroundings are safe and welcoming for everybody.
Please remember that while Myatt's Fields Park welcomes responsible dog walkers, some areas are dog free such as the children's playground, the picnic, quiet and nature conservation areas. This is for the comfort and safety of children and their carers, and also helps protect wildlife. The rest of the park is open to dogs to be exercised off the lead without disturbing others.
For more information on Myatt's Fields 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.
Further information