Free Summer Fun Free Holiday Programmes Young Hackney Youth Clubs will be running a programme of summer activities. All the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden: will be activities will need to be registered as places holding free afternoon workshops inspired by are limited. Most activities are free at point of the plants and wildlife . For children aged 5 – 11 contact unless stated. For more information throughout the holidays. For more information about these programmes contact individual visit the garden at 13 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF. Young Hackney Clubs listed below. The Geffrye Museum has three weeks of free Hackney’s libraries: Have a look at their exciting activities exploring natural and man- amazing free workshops and made design in homes and gardens every performances this summer. Pop into your local Tuesday-Friday from 29th July-5th August. For library to find out more. more information visit the museum at Kingsland Road, E2 8EA or phone 020 7739 9893. The Access to Sports Project deliver a wide range of Sporting Activities for Children and Young People in Hackney. 02076868812. Free Events in July SAT 18TH JULY–SUN 19TH JULY 2015 12NOON-9.30PM (8PM SUNDAY) Get together in Walthamstow’s Lloyd Park for a lively weekend of music, theatre, dance, circus, film, spoken word, crafts and family fun. Featuring four stages, stalls from local designer-makers and an extraordinary range of street food, this year’s event will build on the success of 2014 when 34,000 people gathered in the park. And even better, this event is completely free. Saturday 25 July 10.30am – 1.30pm Make your Mark on Vicky Park, Join our Community Park Rangers to help carry out some practi- cal conservation in the park. Lunch vouchers for the Pavilion Café will be provided. For more in- formation please call 020 7364 4504 or email [email protected]. Meet at the Outdoor Classroom, near St Agnes Gate. Area A1 Sunday 26 July 10am – 12.30pm Memoryscape History Walk, Take a trip down Memory Lane and join the Community Park Rang- ers on a recorded audio trail around the park. Limited spaces are available. To book a place call 020 7364 4504 or email [email protected]. Meet at the Pavilion Café. Area B8 Tuesday 28 July 10.30-12pm Big Bug Hunt, Explore the undergrowth of Clissold Park and identify invertebrates and amphibi- ans lurking under logs. Free - booking required: 02083564600 Free Events in August Pond Dipping at Clissold Park 14th August 11am-12pm Discover the creatures living in our dipping pond. Age group: ALL. Booking required. Call Lucy on 02083564600. Children must be accompanied. Notting Hill Carnival 2015: 30th August, 12.00pm onwards. Enjoy the Family Day. City Farms City Farms provide a great link with the country that many city children benefit from. They ena- ble children to experience and understand how to look after animals, to plant and harvest and collect and sell produce. Hackney City Farm Freightliners City Farm Contact info: 1a Goldsmith’s Row London E2 Contact info: Freightliners Farm, Sheringham 8QA Road, London, N7 8PF Tel: 020 7729 6381 Tel: 020 7609 0467 Opening times: 10am – 4.30pm Tuesday to Opening times: Autumn/ Sunday. Winter: 10am to 4pm Spring/Summer: 10am to 4.45pm Spitalfields City Farm Contact info: Buxton Street’ London E1 5AR Mudchute Farm Tel 0207 247 8762 Contact info: Pier St, London, E14 3HP Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday between Tel: 02075155901 10am and 4pm (October – March), 4:30pm. Opening times: 9am-5pm (April – September) Stepney City Farm Contact info: Stepney Way, London, E1 3DG Tel: 020 7790 8204 Opening times: 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sun- day Youth Clubs Young Hackney run five youth clubs in Hackney. Each of these is home to a team of workers who run activities for children and young people aged 8 years and over. This summer there will be an exciting range of activities happening at each of these clubs. Young Hackney Stoke Myddleton Grange Newington: Myddleton Grange, 108 Colthurst Crescent, N4 Chaucer Court, N16 8TS 2FB Contact :020 8356 1663 Contact: 020 8356 7404 Young Hackney The Edge: Young Hackney Forest Road: The Edge, 7 Woodberry Grove, N4 1SN 29 Forest Road, E8 3BY Contact: 020 8356 1063 Contact: 020 8356 2200 Guinness Estate Youth Club: Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, N16 5QT Contact: 0208 356 7404 Adventure Playgrounds Adventure playgrounds offer children the opportunity to play in a unique environment that ena- bles them to take risks. These are vital for children’s healthy development. Hackney Adventure Playgrounds Apples and Pears Homerton Grove Adventure Playground - Adventure Playground - Pearson Street, E2 Wardle Street E9 5QG. Tel: 020 8985 9202. 8EL. Tel: 020 7729 6062 Shakespeare Walk Evergreen Adventure Adventure Playground - Shakespeare Walk, Playground - Beehive Close, Off Richmond N16 8TL. Tel: 020 7249 8405. Road E8 3JT. Tel: 020 7275 9004. Shoreditch Adventure Hackney Marsh Adventure Playground - Playground - Mintern Street N1 5EF. Tel: 020 Daubney Fields (off Kingsmead Way), E9 7729 3770 5PP. Tel: 020 8986 7245 Toffee Park Adventure Playground- Adventure Playgrounds 020 7251 0190 Further Afield Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QS Crumbles Castle Adventure Playground- Barnard Park Adventure Playground - 020 7713 6997 020 7837 1512 Bingfield Street, London N1 0BJ Copenhagen Street, London N1 0WF Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground - Cape Play and Youth Project - 020 7607 3586 020 7272 4243 Market Road, London N7 9PL 83 Crouch Hill, London N8 9EG Martin Luther King Adventure Playground- Cornwallis Play and Youth Project - 020 7607 0845 020 7281 0094 Sheringham Road, London N7 8PF Cornwallis Road, London N19 4LP Timbuktu Adventure Playground- Kings Henry's Walk Adventure Playground - 020 7272 2183 020 7254 4783 Grenville Road, N19 4EJ King Henry's Walk, London N1 3NX Play Areas Make the most of the summer sun this holiday by visiting play areas in and around Hackney. Allens Gardens - Bethune Road, N16 5BD London Fields (2 Play areas) – Eleanor Road, London Fields, E8 3EU. Broadway Market Green - Jackman Street, E8 4QX Millfields - Chatsworth Road, E5 0AR. Butterfield Green- (3 play areas) – Words- worth Road, Spenser Grove, Shakespeare Shepherdess Walk Park - Walk, N16 8DD Shepherdess Walk, N1 7JN Clapton Common - Shoreditch Park - Clapton Common, E5 9AA New North Road, N1 6TA. Clapton Square - Springfield Park - Clapton Square, E5 8HP. Springfield, E5 9EF. Clissold Park - St Johns Churchyard - Green Lanes, N4 2EY St Johns Churchyard, E5 0PD. Daubeney Fields - Stoke Newington Common - Kings Mead Way, E9 5PP Northwold Road, N16 7DH. De Beauvoir Square - Stonebridge Gardens - De Beauvoir Square, N1 4LG. Haggerston Road, E8 4EP. Hackney Downs - Well Street Common - Hackney Downs, E5 8NP. Well Street Common, E9 7AS. Haggerston Park - Yorkton Street, E2 8NH. Our top places to play outside of Hackney There are lots of places to play that are a short walk or bus ride away from Hackney. Coram Fields: 93 Guildford Street, London, WC1 N 1DN. Victoria Park: Tel: 020 7837 6138 Grove Rd, London ,E9 7DE . Tel:020 8980 0030. Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Play- ground Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Tel: The Royal Parks switchboard – 0300 061 London E20 2ST 200. Tel: 0800 072 2110 Play Areas in Waltham Forest Kitchener Road Park Bisterne Avenue Park Kitchener Road, E17 Bisterne Avenue, E17 Leyton Jubilee Park Cann Hall Park Seymour Road or Marsh Lane, E10 Cann Hall Road, E11 Pimp Hall Park Chase Lane Park Simmons Lane, E4 York Road, E4 Skeltons Lane Park Coppermill Park Off Leyton High Road, E10 Coppermill Lane, E17 St James Park Essex Road, E10 Henry Reynolds Gardens Bush Road, E11 Selbourne Walk playground Opposite Selbourne walk shopping centre, E17 Play Areas in Tower Hamlets The Childrens’ Park Glamis Adventure Playground Mile End Park 10 Glamis Road, E1W 3EG Grove Road, E3 5BH Poplar Recreation Ground King Edward Memorial Park Hale Street, E14 Glamis Road, E1 Shadwell Basin Activity Centre 3-4 Shadwell Pierhead, E1W 3TD Play Areas in Haringey Belmont Recreation Ground Belmont Road, N15 Russel Park Maurice Avenue, N22 Bruce Castle Park Lordship Lane, N17 Springfield Park Park Road, N11 Chestnuts Park St. Ann’s Road, N15 Fairland Park Falkland Road, N8 Downhills Park Downhills Park Road, N17 Finsbury Park Endymion Road, N4 Ducketts Common Hartington Park Willoughby Road, N8 Stirling Road, N17 Markfield Park Crowland Road, N15 Lee Valley Regional Park Lee Valley Paignton Park Richmond Road, N15 Lordship Recreation Ground Lordship Lane, N17 Priory Park Middle Lane, N8 Museums Museums encourage children to learn and grow and are places where families can play and learn alongside other families. Learners of all ages and abilities can discover more about areas of interest in an inclusive, non-judgmental environment. Increasing numbers of fami- lies visit museums each year and enjoy their unique, face-to-face fun and activities de- signed to enable children to develop. The Geffrye Museum Musum is world renowned for its historic collec- The Geffrye Museum focuses on the urban liv- tions, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational ing rooms and gardens of the English middle exhibitions. classes. Contact details: The Science Museum, Exhibi- Contact info: Kingsland Road, E2 8EA tion Rd, South Kensington, SW7 2DD TEL: 020 7739 9893 Opening times: Open every day except 24 to Opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 26 December. 10.00 to 18.00 (last entry 5pm, Bank Holiday Mondays 10am - 5pm. 17.15). Closed Mondays (unless Bank Holiday), Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing V&A Museum of Childhood Day, New Year's Day. The V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green houses the Victoria and Albert Museum’s British Museum collection of childhood-related objects and arte- The British Museum is dedicated to human his- facts, spanning the 1600s to the present day.