Parks and gardens

The Royal Borough offers an award winning range of parks and open spaces. We hold a Gold award for London in Bloom in 2007 and 2008, and boast two green flag standard parks and four recently renovated playgrounds and a cutting-edge water play area.

Public consultation on parks

We recently consulted on our parks. For more information see:

If you would like further information about the consultation or would like a copy of the full reports please contact:

Research and Statistics Officer
tel: 020 7341 5166
email: environment@rbkc.gov.uk with 'parks' in the subject box.

Britain and London in Bloom

We are extremely proud to have been awarded a number of prestigious awards in the Britain and London in Bloom campaigns. 2008 has proven to be another good year for us with several awards being presented at both the London and Britain in Bloom campaigns.

For more information see Kensington and Chelsea in Bloom

Leisure Services

Fitness walks

Reap the benefits of an invigorating fitness walk in Holland Park led by one of our qualified walking instructors. For more information see Sports sessions in the parks

For further details on fitness walks contact the Leisure Services’ Sports Development Team on 020 7938 8179 or email: sportandleisure@rbkc.gov.uk

Health walks

Do you enjoy the company of other people? Would you like to take up some regular and enjoyable physical activity to improve your health? Then why not join us on the weekly Holland Park led health walk? For more information see Health walks in Holland Park

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Pushy parents

Do you want to shape up after having your baby? Our Pushy Parents sessions in beautiful Holland Park combine brisk walking and toning exercises with the chance to meet and socialise with other mothers. For more information see Pushy Parents in Holland Park

For more information on sport and physical activity in the Borough, please visit the sports development website sports development website

Parks Strategy

download the Parks Strategy for 2006 - 2015 [PDF file] (warning: very large file size 4.8Mb)

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