Whittington Park

Whittington Park

Whittington Park is a public park in Upper Holloway, North London. Like the nearby Whittington Hospital, it is named after Dick Whittington, and a large topiary cat, in reference to Whittington's legendary pet, stands at the Holloway Road entrance. Amenities include a raised Astroturf football pitch, children's playground, and experimental garden planted as part of an RSPB initiative to investigate the preferred habitat of house sparrows.^[1] In 2009 and 2010, renovations were carried out at Whittington Park, including the construction of a new community centre.

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v t e London Borough of Islington Districts Angel Archway Barnsbury Canonbury Clerkenwell Farringdon Finsbury Finsbury Park Highbury Highgate Holloway Islington Kings Cross Lower Holloway Mildmay Nag's Head Newington Green Pentonville St. Luke's Tufnell Park Upper Holloway Attractions Almeida Theatre Business Design Centre Emirates Stadium House of Detention museum Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art Islington Local History Centre Islington Museum The King's Head Theatre London Canal Museum Museum of the Order of St John Sadler's Wells Theatre St. Luke's LSO Union Chapel Wesley's Chapel Street markets Camden Passage Chapel Market Exmouth Market Nag's Head Market Whitecross Street Market Parks and open spaces Barnard Park Bingfield Park Bunhill Fields Caledonian Park Gillespie Park Highbury Fields Paradise Park Rosemary Gardens Spa Fields Gardens Whittington Park Constituencies Islington South and Finsbury Islington North Tube and rail stations Angel Archway Arsenal Caledonian Road Canonbury railway station Crouch Hill railway station Drayton Park railway station Essex Road railway station Farringdon Finsbury Park station Highbury and Islington Holloway Road Old Street Tufnell Park Upper Holloway railway station Other topics People Public art Schools

Coordinates: 51°33′43″N 0°07′44″W / 51.562°N 0.129°W / 51.562; -0.129