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.

References

↑ Whittington Park, Islington Borough Council

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 King Square Gardens Paradise Park Quaker Gardens Rosemary Gardens Spa Fields Gardens Whittington Park

Constituencies	Islington South and Finsbury Islington North

Tube and rail stations	Angel Archway Arsenal Caledonian Road Canonbury Crouch Hill Drayton Park Essex Road Farringdon Finsbury Park Highbury and Islington Holloway Road Old Street Tufnell Park Upper Holloway

Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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

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