1. Finsbury Park at sunset
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Finsbury Park

  • Attractions | Parks and gardens
  • Finsbury Park
Rosie Hewitson
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Time Out says

Finsbury Park is a 112-acre oasis in the middle of a hectic patch of north London, with the buzzing traffic of Seven Sisters Road on one side and the chatter of Green Lanes on the other. It’s a prime example of what a London park should be: a place that’s used by all slices of the surrounding community, from the surly hoodies with trousers around their thighs walking soft-as-anything dogs, to the middle-class couples from gentrified Stroud Green Road trailing space-age pushchairs. There’s a lovely café in the middle of the park (with toilets), and a childrens playground next to that, built with a £5 million Heritage Lottery Fund. With fast slides going into the sandpit, tricky climbing equipment to challenge older children, and plenty for toddlers to enjoy, it’ll keep youngsters entertained for hours. Kids of all ages also love the enormous wooden structure adjacent to the playground, with its aerial walkways, slides, ramps and ladders. The boating lake, which is home to ducks and swans, and a friendly café also border the playground. There’s also a running track, tennis courts, a small skate park and areas for ball games, and in the summer months it usually plays host to several major outdoor gigs, plus the hip-hop weekender Wireless Festival. A real people’s park.

Details

Address
Seven Sisters Rd
London
N4 2NQ
Transport:
Tube: Finsbury Park/Manor House
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What’s on

Wireless

Wireless returns to Finsbury Park for 205 with a line-up of Drake, Drake and more Drake. No, we're serious. Join Champagne Papi for London's biggest hip-hop, R&B and grime festival as he headlines the long weekend with three different setlists to reflect the show's 20th anniversary. The line-up is very much TBC but it currently includes a few special guests (Drake's pals) and teases 'many more acts still to be announced'. From the look of things, the days have been grouped by vibe/genre, with Summer Walker and PARTYNEXTDOOR suggesting that Friday will lean into R&B and Sunday having slightly more of a reggae, dancehall and Afrobeats vibe with Burna Boy and Vybz Kartel. Saturday? Well that's anyone's guess. Speculation over who Drake is calling 'The Mandem' has the internet buzzing – Central Cee, Headie One, Dave and Skepta's names have all been thrown about on Reddit. We'll just have to wait and see when the full line-up drops.
  • Rap, hip hop and R&B
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