The great outdoors
Find the next venue for your event in Haringey, London. A guide to your parks and green spaces.
The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 1 Our parks Why Haringey,
9 London?
1 Haringey is a place of great opportunity, with enormous potential for growth – a growing economy and flourishing communities. We are part of one of the world’s greatest cities and benefit hugely from that – 6 but more than this we believe that we are the future of
2 London. Haringey’s award winning parks are great places to 3 host events, and we want to see more organised 4 events taking place in our parks. Whether it’s a very small community event or a major music festival 8 we want our parks to be buzzing places, providing entertainment and activities for all communities. 7 Our Outdoor Events Policy provides us assistance with the decision making process behind building a sustainable and varied programme of events. It also seeks to protect the community and the parks and open space infrastructure and minimise or mitigate any negative impacts which events may cause.
5 1. Bruce Castle Park 7. Markfield Park 2. Down Lane Park 8. Priory Park 3. Downhills Park 9. White Hart Lane Recreation 4. Ducketts Common Ground 5. Finsbury Park 6. Lordship Recreation Ground
2 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 3 Choose from a wide range of parks, and we’ll help make the space work for you.
4 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 5 We’ve worked closely with Haringey Parks since 2014 and find them a pleasure to work with. They fully understand the needs of the promoter / production company and are always willing to listen to our concerns and act upon them in the interests of making the event a better experience for all concerned. Grant Smith, Director, Slammin’ Events
6 The Great Outdoors | A hire guide to Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events. The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 7 BRUCE CASTLE PARK Bruce Castle Park
New Road Gate
Church Road Gate Event space
Bruce Castle Park OAD H R HURC C Space Size m² Estimated capacity A 17,303 7,210
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A D Available event space 34,078m2 CHURCH LANE C Estimated capacity 13,919 Features Location Lordship Lane Church Lane Gate London Vehicle Entrance Vehicle access from highway N17 8NU Kings Road Gate Water point Good transport links
Transport links Award winning prestigious Green Flag winner, historic Bruce Castle National Rail: Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane Park is located in the heart of A Tottenham and welcomes nearly A Tube: Tottenham Hale, Zone 3 (Victoria Line), one million visitors each year. With 8 minutes from Kings Cross. over 34,000m2 worth of event Seven Sisters, Zone 3 (Victoria Line) space, 2 national rail and 2 tube A B stations within a 10 minutes walk Bus: 123, 149, 243, 318 from the park, this site will certainly Walk: 10 minutes walk from Bruce Grove station. tick all the boxes for your event. Best for
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8 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 9 We have had a long and successful relationship for over 40 years and have always found Haringey Council to be one of the leading We’ve hosted the biggest names in Boroughs in respect of moving forward in creating events and working environments, not only keeping the parks clean for the music, now it’s your turn to host a local residents and visitors but also going the extra mile for the venue / event organisers. world-class event.
Joseph Manning, Director, Manning’s Amusements Limited Photo: James Bridle
10 The Great Outdoors | A hireguide guide to hiring to Haringey’s Haringey’s parks parks and and green green spaces spaces for for events. events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 11 Park View North Gate Down Lane Park
Ashley Road Event space Down Lane Park North Gate Space Size m² Estimated capacity A 16,365 6,819 B 12,214 4,886
Available event space 28,579m2 Features Estimated capacity 11,704 Location Park View Road B Vehicle access from highway London Holcombe Road Gate Water points N17 9AU Ashley Road Gate A Transport links
D A O R National Rail: Tottenham Hale ASHLEY ROAD W More than any other area in London, E I V
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and diverse spirit of London. Down Park View Road Vehicle Entrance 8 minutes from Kings Cross Lane Park is located a short walk from South Gate Tottenham Hale tube station, with trains Bus: 279, 76, 123, 192, 192, 259, 318, N279, W4 Vehicle Entrance and tubes making central London only a Walk: 4 minutes walk from Tottenham Hale station. 10 minute journey away. Down Lane Park offers 2 large open event spaces that can Best for host events for approximately 10,000 Ashley Road South Gate visitors. Antiques market Arts & culture festival Circus Farmers market Film screening Playground Gate Food festival Funfair Real ale festival Sports event
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12 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 13 Festival Republic has been working closely with Haringey Council on events in Finsbury Park for many years. The events’ team are always a pleasure to work with and help make the planning process as smooth as possible. Melvin Benn, Festival Republic Photo: James Bridle
14 The Great Outdoors | A hireguide guide to hiring to Haringey’s Haringey’s parks parks and and green green spaces spaces for for events. events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 15 Ducketts Common
Turnpike Lane Gate Event space
Ducketts Common TURNPIKE LANE Space Size m² Estimated capacity A 7,650 3,188 B 1,776 710
Available event space 9,426mm2 B Features Carlingford Road Estimated capacity 3,897 Gate Location Willoughby Road Sydney Road Vehicle access from highway London Gate Located on A105 N15 3DX Passing public footfall
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Situated on one of the main highways National Rail: Bruce Grove through London, connecting Haringey to the city, Ducketts Common sits at Tube: Turnpike Lane, Zone 3 (Piccadilly Line), the heart of the borough. With an open 15 minutes from Kings Cross green space to accommodate events, LANES GREEN accompanied by excellent sports and Bus: 29, 41, 67, 141, 230, N29, N41, W4
play facilities. Ducketts Common is WILLOUGHBY ROAD Walk: 1 minute walk from Turnpike Lane station. the perfect site to attract visitors both Green Lanes Gate passing by and off the superb transport Best for hub facilities of Turnpike Lane. Antiques market Hampton Road Gate Arts & culture festival Circus Experiential
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Frobisher Road Gate
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Downhills Park Event space Downhills Park Road Roundabout Gate Vehicle Access Space Size m² Estimated capacity
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D O Features W 2 N H Available event space 43,442mm IL Keston Road Gate L S P A Estimated capacity 18,100 R K Vehicle access from highway R O Location Downhills Park Road AD Large event arena London Water points N17 6PR Transport links
D OA R National Rail: Seven Sisters ON The irregular shaped 12 hectares of ST A KE parkland is split into two very distinctive Tube: Seven Sisters, Zone 3 (Victoria Line), sections. The formal gardens lie to the 10 minutes from Kings Cross. east of park whilst the west offers a Turnpike Lane, Zone 3 (Piccadilly Line) large event space that could hold up to 18,000 visitors. With one national rail Bus: 41, 230, 341, N41 and one tube station near to the park, Walk: 15 minutes walk from Seven Sisters station. Downhills Park is an easily accessible Belmont Road Gate site, with central London just a 30 Best for minute journey away. Antiques markets Arts & culture festival Circus Farmers market Film screening Food festival Funfair Music festival Real ale festival Philip Lane Gate Sports event
18 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 19 Your outdoor event held in an iconic London venue
20 The Great Outdoors | A hireguide guide to hiring to Haringey’s Haringey’s parks parks and and green green spaces spaces for for events. events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 21 New River Gate Finsbury Park
Event space Features AD O R N Finsbury Park IO M J DY Space Size m² Estimated Hard standing EN
capacity area K A 25,138 10,474 HGV turning area Green Lanes Gate B 17,067 6,827 Internet C 7,224 2,890 connectivity 2 GREEN LANES Available event space 232,792m Hornsey Gate D 49,521 19,809 Vehicle access Estimated capacity 50,000 Vehicle Entrance I H E 16,405 6,562 around event Location Endymion Road F 6,106 2,443 arena London G 13,523 5,409 Water points N4 2DA G H 31,747 12,699 I 17,689 7,076 J 21,709 8,684
SCARBOROUGH RD K 26,658 10,663 Home to some of the UK’s biggest, Manor House TOLLINGTON PARK Gate outdoor events, Finsbury Park is a F name within its own right. Hosting UPPER Transport links events in all forms since it first opened in 1869, the site can accommodate up Oxford National Rail: Finsbury Park to 50,000 visitors over its 22-hectare Road Gate event space. B Tube: Finsbury Park, Zone 2 (Piccadilly & Victoria Line), E 6 minutes from Kings Cross Your production load in could not be any easier! Finsbury Park is unique with Tube: Manor House, Zone 3 (Piccadilly Line) its naturally sloping bandstand field, D Walk: 1 minute walk from Finsbury Park and Manor House offering the perfect amphitheater, stations.
with the internal carriageway providing Hornsey Wood WOODSTOCK RD WOODSTOCK easy vehicle access for build and Tavern Gate Bus: 29, 141, 253, 254, 259, 341, N253, N279, N29, W3, W5 break. With excellent transport STROUD GREEN ROAD A connections and its prime location, Best for Finsbury Park is an easily accessible C A SEVEN SISTERS ROAD space in a thriving part of Haringey, Antiques market Food festival London. Arts and culture festival Funfair Photo: Stephen Rigg Circus Music festival Stroud Green Concert series Obstacle race competition Road Gate Experiential Real ale festival Farmers market Sports event Film screening Finsbury Gate
22 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 23 Zippos Circus has been visiting Haringey for over twenty years and has built a solid relationship with the local community - families from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds enjoy, and look forward to, the annual There’s nothing circus visit! Our appearances in the borough have always been fully supported by the council event and we can’t handle. parks teams and their co-operation helps to ensure a successful circus - here’s to the next 20 years! We’ve hosted David Hibling, Creative Director, Zippos Circus some of UK’s biggest live events, and hundreds of smaller ones too.
24 The Great Outdoors | A hireguide guide to hiring to Haringey’s Haringey’s parks parks and and green green spaces spaces for for events. events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 25 Lordship Lane Gate Vehicle Entrance
LORDSHIP LANE Lordship Recreation Ground
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L A W A 42,295 17,632 B B 21,925 8,770 C 14,754 5,902 2 Available event space 83,883m Walpole Road D 4,910 1,964 North Gate Estimated capacity 34,258 A Location Lordship Lane Features London Adams Road Gate N17 6BD Vehicle access from highway Multiple incline spaces
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Downhills Park Gate 26 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 27 Markfield Park
Markfield Park Event space Space Size m² Estimated capacity Markfield Road Gate A 32,072 13,364 MARKFIELD ROAD Vehicle Entrance
Features Available event space 32,072m2 Estimated capacity 13,363 Vehicle access from highway Location Crowland Road Large arena space London Water point N15 4RB Transport links
National Rail: South Tottenham Situated in South Tottenham, with the picturesque River Lee running along Tube: Seven Sisters, Zone 3 (Victoria Line), the eastern perimeter, Markfield Park 10 minutes from Kings Cross has the capacity to host events for Bus: 41, 123, 230, 318, N41, N73, W4 approximately 13,000 visitors. Within 30 Towpath North Gate minutes commute from central London Crowland Road Gate A Walk: 10 minutes walk from Seven Sisters station. and a short walk from Seven Sisters Vehicle Entrance Station, this site provides access to a large event space that is perfect for Best for funfairs, community events and medium sized festivals. Antiques market Towpath South Gate Arts & culture festival Circus LEMSFORD CLOSE Farmers market Film screening Gladesmore Road Gate GLADESMORE ROAD Food festival Funfair Real ale festival Sports event
28 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 29 We love hosting our annual Race for Life event in Finsbury Park and to date the Finsbury Park Race for Life has raised around £2.1 million for Cancer Research UK. Haringey Council is a great local £2.1 million authority to work with and the park is a beautiful venue. We’ve been working closely with Haringey raised for Cancer Council for ten years and are delighted to continue our relationship with them. Research UK from Dearbhla Cormacain, Area Events Manager for London, Cancer Research UK their events held in Finsbury Park.
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Priory Park Event space Space Size m² Estimated capacity
Roundabout Gate A 12,082 5,034 B 8,835 3,534 C 4,844 1,937 2 Available event space 27,231m Priory Road Gate D 1,470 588 Vehicle Entrance OAD RY R Estimated capacity 11,094 PRIO
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U D E One of Haringey’s award winning Transport links and oldest parks, Priory Park sits C within the silhouette of the iconic E N National Rail: Hornsey A Alexandra Palace. Home to the L E L D ID Hornsey Carnival, funfairs and fun M Middle Lane Gate Tube: Turnpike Lane, Zone 3 (Piccadilly Line), runs this site is a popular location 15 minutes from Kings Cross
for community events or an Abbeville B outside cinema. Road Gate Bus: 31, 41, 144, N41, N91, W3, W5, W7 Walk: 30 minutes walk from Turnpike Lane station.
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Antiques market Funfair
Arts & culture festival Real ale festival Circus Sports event Barrington Road Gate Farmers market Film screening Food festival
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White Hart Lane Recreation Ground Event space Space Size m² Estimated capacity A 4,909 2,045 B 6,903 2,761 C 11,649 4,660 Available event space 39,143m2 D 15,683 6,273 Estimated capacity 15,739 Location White Hart Lane Features London N22 5TL Vehicle access from highway C Multiple event spaces D Linking pathways WOLVES LANE Good transport links Offering a blank canvass of green open Wolves Lane Gate space, White Hart Lane Recreation Vehicle Entrance Transport links Ground provides a great site for your event. With HGV access, hard standing National Rail: Bowes Park area and connected pathways. this site links 4 areas of green space, providing you Tube: Wood Green, Zone 3 (Piccadilly Line), with the flexibility to design your unique Newnham Road Gate 17 minutes from Kings Cross event space. A WHITE HART LANE Bus: 121, 141, 221, 232, 329, 629, 629, N29, N91, W4 Only a 9 minutes walk from Wood Green B tube station served by the Piccadilly Line, Walk: 8 minutes walk from Wood Green station. visitors will be welcomed by Wood Green town centre on their travels to White Hart Best for
Lane Recreation Ground. WHITE HART LANE White Hart Lane Gate Antiques market Food festival Arts & culture festival Funfair Circus Music festival Farmers market Real ale festival Film screening Sports event
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The list goes on! Why not look at the other parks we have in Haringey:
Albert Road Recreational Ground Coldfall Wood Russell Park Durnsford Road, N11 Creighton Avenue, N10 Maurice Avenue, N22
Belmont Recreation Ground Fairland Park Springfield Park Belmont Road, N15 Falkland Road, N8 Park Road, N11
Bluebell Wood Finsbury Gardens Stationers Park Winton Avenue, N11 Finsbury Road, N22 Mayfield Road, N8
Brunswick Road Open Space Hartington Park Tottenham Green Brunswick Road, N15 Stirling Road, N17 Tottenham High Road, N15
Chapmans Green Muswell Hill Playing Fields Wood Green Common Perth Road, N22 Coppetts Road, N10 Station Road, N22
Chestnuts Park Paignton Park Woodside Park St Ann’s Road, N15 Richmond Road, N15 Earlham Grove, N22
36 The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 37 Haringey is a very friendly place, the people are interested in their community and keen to support local events. We love running our weekly Sunday market in Tottenham and the Events Team are very helpful and quick to respond to any queries or problems we may encounter. Marika Gauci, Tottenham Green Market
38 The Great Outdoors | A hireguide guide to hiring to Haringey’s Haringey’s parks parks and and green green spaces spaces for for events. events The Great Outdoors | A guide to hiring Haringey’s parks and green spaces for events 39 APPLICATION PROCESS Park Hire Some of our clients Application Process INITIAL ENQUIRY
Our park hire application process is streamlined into 4 simple steps. From your initial enquiry through to your event, our dedicated events SUBMIT APPLICATION team will be your helping hand throughout! Before you submit an application to host an event in a park there are a few things you need to consider and some documentation you will need to provide. We always advise you to have a quick chat with us first to discuss your event and check park availability. RECOGNISED STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION Scale and time frames
Capacity Scale Application by 500 Small 6 weeks AGREEMENT 501-2,000 Medium 3 months 2,001 - 10,000 Large 6 months 10,000 Major 9 months
Make a event application: www.haringey.gov.uk/park-events YOUR EVENT
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Haringey film office, delivers a ‘one stop’ service with a dedicated film officer working as your single point of contact for all street filming, filming on council property, parking requests and location enquiries. We are signed up to the London Filming Partnership and committed to upholding best practice standards for location filming in the capital, ensuring that London can continue to benefit from its status as one of the world’s major filming cities. The Film Office aims to support the UK film and media industry while acting in the best interests of local residents and businesses. We ensure that all filming in the borough is conducted professionally, in a safe and non-disruptive manner, in accordance with the Location Filming in London Code of Practice. We offer an extensive service that includes: Consultation, supervision and permissions for filming on public streets and council-owned property Liaison with all relevant council departments and local police on behalf of productions Assistance with location scouting and knowledge of the local area Awareness of private locations available for filming Advice, assistance and support for local residents and businesses Work experience opportunities on film sets for local residents
Apply to: www.filmapp.org/haringey
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Park Events Commercial and Operations Haringey Council River Park House 1st Floor 225 High Road London N22 8HQ T: 020 8489 1000 E: [email protected]
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