For over 30 years, Clissold Park User Group (CPUG) has worked with park users, Hackney Council and park management to raise issues, represent local views and support and improve Clissold Park.

Here you can get involved with CPUG, find practical information about visiting and using the park, keep up with our news, events and activities, and discover our work to research, share and celebrate Clissold Park’s history and heritage.

Next CPUG meeting

Saturday 12 September 2026 at 11am
New River Room, Clissold House

Meetings are open to everyone. Come along to hear updates, ask questions and raise issues or ideas about the park.

Support CPUG

Help support CPUG by buying our merchandise. Sales are an important source of income and help fund our work and activities.

Get involved

Attend a meeting, join a litter pick, volunteer in the park or find other ways to help with CPUG’s work across the park.

Contact CPUG

Raise an issue or idea, suggest something for discussion, or get in touch about CPUG and our work.

Follow CPUG

Follow CPUG on social media for news from the park, upcoming events, group activities and updates on our work.

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Keep up with news from Clissold Park and CPUG, find out what’s happening in the park and read the latest CPUG newsletter.

Visiting the park

Opening times, directions, public transport, a park map, accessibility information and other useful information.

Facilities & activities

Playground, splash pad, wheelspark, sports, animals, the market garden and activities for children.

Food & drink

Clissold House, Fink’s café and the Pump House kiosk, including opening times and venue information.

A short history

Discover how Clissold Park developed from a private estate into the public park we know today.

Our heritage work

Find out how CPUG researches, shares and celebrates Clissold Park’s history through heritage projects and initiatives.

Saving the park

Discover the campaign that saved Clissold Park from development and led to its opening in 1889.