Playgrounds in London
On holiday in London? Here’s where you can get moving. The aupa map shows 2,772 playgrounds in London. That’s 3.1 per 10,000 residents, rank 12 of 23 cities in the UK. As of October 2026, based on OpenStreetMap.
Playgrounds in London
The map shows the 2,772 playgrounds in London, rounded to about 300 metres. The exact spot is in the app.
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Spot data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), prepared by aupa. Positions rounded to about 300 m. As of October 2026.
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Playgrounds in London: on these streets
The nearest street per OpenStreetMap; the number in brackets means several places. The exact spot, photos and who’s there right now are in the app.
- High Street (6)
- Druid Street (4)
- Hazellville Road (4)
- King Henry's Drive (4)
- London Road (4)
- Vicarage Road (4)
- Wandle Way (4)
- Wellington Road (4)
- Wheelers Cross (4)
- Whitefoot Lane (4)
- Albany Road (3)
- Andover Road (3)
- Australia Road (3)
- Chestnut Avenue (3)
- Church Road (3)
- Creekside (3)
- Dovehouse Mead (3)
- Drummond Road (3)
- East Street (3)
- Fairchildes Avenue (3)
- Forest Road (3)
- Hertford Road (3)
- High Road (3)
- Orchard Road (3)
- Osborne Road (3)
- Parade Gardens (3)
- Royal Crest Avenue (3)
- Shackleton Way (3)
- South Road (3)
- St. Agnes Place (3)
- St. John's Drive (3)
- Strasburg Road (3)
- Sutton Way (3)
- The Shaftesburys (3)
- Uxbridge Road (3)
- Vestry Road (3)
- Abbotts Road (2)
- Albert Drive (2)
- Albrighton Road (2)
- Arabella Drive (2)
- Arundel Road (2)
- Ashburton Road (2)
- Avenue Road (2)
- Aytoun Road (2)
- Baird Avenue (2)
- Banning Street (2)
- Barton Close (2)
- Beaconsfield Road (2)
- Beckway Street (2)
- Bedford Road (2)
- Belgrave Road (2)
- Bethune Road (2)
- Bird in Bush Road (2)
- Blackburn Way (2)
- Blantyre Street (2)
- Bowling Green Street (2)
- Bramble Lane (2)
- Brampton Primary School (2)
- Braybrook Street (2)
- Braydon Road (2)
- Bromley Road (2)
- Brookmill Road (2)
- Broomhouse Lane (2)
- Burnt Ash Hill (2)
- Burr Close (2)
- Butchers Road (2)
- Camberwell Green (2)
- Carterhatch Lane (2)
- Castle Hill Avenue (2)
- Cecil Avenue (2)
- Central Street (2)
- Cherry Close (2)
- Chrisp Street (2)
- Church Lane (2)
- Claremont Street (2)
- Clarence Lane (2)
- Clockhouse Lane (2)
- Colham Green Road (2)
- Copley Close (2)
- Coppetts Road (2)
- Cranleigh Gardens (2)
- Cressingham Road (2)
- Crutchley Road (2)
- Cumberland Market (2)
- Dalrymple Close (2)
- Davis Way (2)
- Defiant Close (2)
- Denmark Road (2)
- Dorchester Road (2)
- Douglas Close (2)
- Dowdeswell Close (2)
- Downs Park Road (2)
- Dunley Drive (2)
- East Acton Lane (2)
- Eastbourne Road (2)
- Ellis Road (2)
- Elm Walk (2)
- Erlanger Road (2)
- Ernest Street (2)
- Evering Road (2)
- Fairlawn Court (2)
- Featley Road (2)
- Firhill Road (2)
- Gainsborough Avenue (2)
- Galleywall Road (2)
- Garnet Road (2)
- Garratt Lane (2)
- Gaywood Close (2)
- Geldeston Road (2)
- Gordon Road (2)
- Greenford Road (2)
- Grove Road (2)
- Hamilton Road (2)
- Harrow Road (2)
- Harts Lane (2)
- Hartslock Drive (2)
- Hayes Grove (2)
- Hermiston Avenue (2)
- Holly Park (2)
- Home Park Road (2)
… and 2,043 more streets.
Where the surface is recorded (110 of 2,772), it’s mostly grass (45%), asphalt (35%) and rubber (5%).
Playgrounds: city comparison in the UK
Sorted by places per 10,000 residents. Population: GeoNames.
| City | Total | per 10,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 140 | 8.6 |
| Glasgow | 396 | 6.3 |
| Leicester | 185 | 5.0 |
| Edinburgh | 251 | 4.9 |
| Leeds | 234 | 4.4 |
| Bradford | 158 | 4.3 |
| Swansea | 118 | 3.9 |
| Nottingham | 117 | 3.6 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 101 | 3.4 |
| Belfast | 116 | 3.3 |
| Cardiff | 122 | 3.3 |
| London | 2,772 | 3.1 |
| Sheffield | 164 | 2.9 |
| Bristol | 141 | 2.9 |
| Preston | 86 | 2.7 |
| Birmingham | 256 | 2.2 |
| Blackpool | 31 | 2.1 |
| Manchester | 114 | 2.0 |
| Coventry | 68 | 2.0 |
| Brighton | 53 | 1.9 |
With over 105,000 playgrounds, they’re the biggest group on the map, from the swings around the corner to the big adventure playground.
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