Dulwich Park

College Road, SE21

Dulwich Park covers 29 hectares and is packed with historic features, exciting facilities and perfect picnic spots. Refurbished in 2006, the Green Flag Award winning park offers a large children's playground, an excellent cafe and a popular cycle hire outlet. The Francis Peek centre has a varied programme of activities to suit everyone.

General facilities

• Toilets: Located by the main car park and in the Francis Peek building.
• Boat house: An award of £17,000 from the cleaner, greener, safer programme will be used to install a new boating house at Dulwich Park Lake.
• Cafe: The Pavilion Cafe is open daily from 9am to 6pm, tel: 020 8299 1383.
• Dog walking area: Dogs can be exercised at the north end of the park.
• Cycle hire: Available every day including bank holidays from 10am to 5pm or dusk if earlier, tel: 020 8299 6636.
• Dry garden: The garden aims to demonstrate the wide range of plants that can be successfully grown with little water.

Sports facilities

• Football: Pitches can be booked - see the bookings page for more information. 
• Bowling green: Run by the bowls club and can be contacted on 020 7525 2000.
• Tennis courts: Free of charge, just turn up and play.

Activities

• Dig the park
  Volunteer programme run by the Dulwich Parks friends on the first Saturday of the month from 10am to 1pm. The activity varies - at the moment it is planting heritage bulbs. Tools and refreshments are provided and everyone is welcome. Visit Dulwich Park Friends for more information.
  
• Organised walks
  Every Wednesday morning at 10am, meet inside the College Gate entrance. More information on organised walks.

Location and transport

Park entrances: College Road, Dulwich Common, Court Lane, Dulwich Village SE21

Rail: West Dulwich or North Dulwich
Bus: P4 College Road, P4, or P13 Dulwich Common
Parking: Car and bike parking areas can be found at the park entrances.

Map of Dulwich Park (pdf 224kb)

History of the park

Created in 1890, Dulwich Park started it’s life as farmland and a group of meadows known as "five fields" and many of the ancient boundary oaks survive today. Queen Mary was a regular visitor to the park, she loved to view the American Garden, famous for its rhododendrons which are spectacular when they are in bloom in May. One of the park gates is named after her.

Friends of Dulwich Park

Get involved and join the Friends of Dulwich Park. 

Contact us

Tel: 020 7525 2000
environment@southwark.gov.uk