South Africa Road
Shepherds Bush
London W12 7PT
Google Map of Hammersmith Park
Hammersmith Park is a popular and bustling park near to Shepherds Bush and White City. It is a well-used park with several facilities available for park users to enjoy. Hammersmith Park is a Green Flag site.
It is locked at night and details of timings can be found here.
Visiting the park
Hammersmith Park is served by several public transport routes:
- bus numbers 72, 95, 220, 228, 272 and 283 stop nearby
- Wood Lane Underground Station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) is a 8-minute walk via Wood Crescent
- White City Underground Station (Central line) is a 6-minute walk via Wood Crescent
- Shepherds Bush train station (Central, Mildmay and National Rail) is a 15-minute walk.
Friends of Hammersmith Park
In Hammersmith Park there are two friends groups, the Friends of Hammersmith Park and the Friends of the Japanese Garden of Peace. Please contact either group if you would like to be involved or for more information.
Facilities
- Play area
- Tennis courts (free to use)
- Outdoor gym
- Drinking fountain
- Tiny Forest and wildlife area
- Japanese Garden with pond and waterfall
- Toilets are available at the adjacent Power League complex on South Africa Road
- Events space
Events
Brook Green is available to hire for events. Please read our outdoor events guide.
View our events calendar, or for an update on current events please sign up to our monthly What's On e-newsletter.
Enforcement
This park is covered by our public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) and open spaces byelaws.
History
Read about the history of Hammersmith Park
White City was built in the early 1900s on 140 acres of land as a grand exhibition site, first used for the Franco-British exhibition in 1908. It was constructed in steel and concrete and painted white, hence the name 'White City', and a stadium was added for the 1908 Olympic Games.
In 1910, a major exhibition was held in celebration of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923) with the backing of the Japanese government. Among the exhibits were two gardens, which were constructed for the 1910 exhibition with materials imported from Japan and by a mixed Anglo-Japanese workforce.
The Garden of Peace featured a long pond with a large waterside teahouse, whereas the Garden of the Floating Isle featured a circular moat surrounding a hilly island.
The Japan-British Exhibition ran from 14 May to 29 October 1910 and attracted 8 million visitors, at a time when few people travelled outside Britain.
The exhibition site was gradually redeveloped. The White City housing estate was built in the 1930s and the BBC television studios in 1960.
The Garden of Peace was converted into a more traditional British public park and named 'Hammersmith Park'. The Japanese garden is the oldest publicly owned Japanese garden in the UK.
Contact information
Contact the H&F Council parks team by email at parks@lbhf.gov.uk or phone on 020 8748 3020.
Contact your Park Ambassador by email at lbhf@idverde.co.uk
Report an incident for investigation to your local Law Enforcement Team (LET) by email at let.hf@lbhf.gov.uk or phone on 020 8753 1100 (select option 3).