Clissold Park, Seven Sisters

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About Clissold Park

Clissold Park is an open space in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bounded by Greenway Close (to the north), Stoke Newington Church Street (to the south) and Green Lanes (west) and Queen Elizabeth's Walk (east). It derives its name from the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington, which was the local authority when the park was established. The park is 22.57 hectares (55.8 acres) in extent. Its facilities include children's playgrounds, sports fields, a bowling green, a skatepark bowl , tennis courts, the café and some other attractions including terrapins in its lakes, an aviary with assorted species as well as deer. The park also comprises remains of the New River, and the Capital Ring has some of its paths running through a small section of the park.

History

Restoration

Clissold House, the former villa within the park, is a Grade II listed building; the house serves as refreshment rooms and as an event location. In 2007, Clissold Park was voted the Heart of Hackney, in an I Love Hackney Poll organised by Hackney Council. On 30 March 2007 the Heritage Lottery Fund announced the award of a development grant to put forward a bid for a full £4.5 million Park Restoration Grant. The work should restore the park and house to its original 18th-century design. Work on the Clissold Park and House Restoration Project commenced in January 2010, and over the next two years an estimated £8.9 million was spent upgrading the house and its surrounding parkland. Funding was received from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Big Lottery Fund, and Hackney Council. Plans for the park included: Restoring the Grade II listed Clissold House Restoring a section of the New River Extensive maintenance to the two park lakes Renovating the current animal enclosures Creating a new play and wheels park area.Clissold Park received a Green Flag award in July 2008. Clissold House was added to the English Heritage 'Heritage at Risk Register' in 1991 but removed in 2012 following the completion of the restoration programme.

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