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Park opening times

Find park opening and closing times. Learn which gated parks, cemeteries and churchyards are locked in the evening.

Our parks are open 365 days a year, including Christmas and New Year's Day.

All parks with gates open every day at 7.30am.  

Closing times

Closing times vary throughout the year, but you must usually leave by sunset. View our monthly closing times:

Month

Closing times

January

5pm

February

6pm

March (GMT*)

6.30pm

March (BST*)

8pm

April

8.30pm

May

9pm

June

9.30pm

July

9.30pm

August

9pm

September

8pm

October (BST*)

7pm

October (GMT*)

5pm

November

5pm

December

4.30pm

*GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) - times stated are valid until the clocks go forward one hour in March and from when the clocks go back one hour in October.

*BST (British Summer Time) - times stated are valid from when the clocks go forward one hour in March and until the clocks go back one hour in October.

More information

Gated parks locked in the evening

  • Belair Park
  • Burgess Park (car park)
  • Burgess Park (Cobourg Road nature area)
  • Burgess Park (Chumleigh Gardens)
  • Dulwich Park
  • Faraday Gardens 
  • Hankey Place Gardens
  • Honor Oak Sports Ground
  • King George's Field
  • Kirkwood Nature Garden
  • Little Dorrit Park
  • Lucas Gardens
  • Marlborough playground
  • Mint Street (MUGA)
  • Peckham Rye Park
  • Redcross Gardens  
  • Southwark Park
  • St George's Churchyard Gardens
  • Sunray Gardens
  • Sutherland Square Garden
  • Tabard Gardens (artificial grass pitches)
  • Victory Community Park
  • West Square garden

Cemeteries locked in the evening

  • Nunhead Cemetery
  • Camberwell New Cemetery and Crematorium
  • Camberwell Old Cemetery

Churchyards locked in the evening

  • All Hallows’ Churchyard
  • St Peter’s Churchyard