Welcome to The Friends of Kennington Park
About the Friends
The Friends of Kennington Park is a voluntary organisation set up over 20 years ago to improve the park. We work with Lambeth Council, who run the park, to help keep the park in good shape and bring improvements and new facilities for our ever-increasing number of visitors.
We would love to make more friends! Would you like to join us? Click here to get involved and really make a difference.
Every penny helps...
The Friends and park users have a brilliant record of generous donations to help improve the park. To find out more and donate please click here
See our news and events section for events coming up in the park
Park Opening Hours: The park is open from dawn until dusk.
Save Kenny – Calling all skateboarders and fans of Kennington Park
Kennington Park’s legendary 1970s skatebowl – known as Kenny – is under threat. After years of planning and hard work, Lambeth Council is now considering pulling the funding that was allocated to restore it. There are meetings coming up in October and November where a decision will be made at the Council...so we don't have long.
Just in.. Kenny is on TV! Our save our skatebowl campaign is now breaking news...watch the ITV news story here.
Find out how you can help us save the skatebowl here & please keep signing and sharing our petition as we need as many signatures as we can to persuade Lambeth to change their minds, and not kill Kenny off.
Kennington Park Nature Trail – A Fresh Look at a Familiar Place
Kennington Park is full of hidden life — from bees, stag beetles, bats, swallows and butterflies to old trees and nesting birds. The Nature Trail once helped visitors notice these wonders, but the signs have faded and the stories they told are almost lost.
Now, Friends of Kennington Park with the help of Orokolo Nature Clubs are planning to revive and expand the Kennington Park Nature Trail — but to do that, we need your help.
You can read more about our plans here and please take a few minutes to answer our short survey — your feedback will help us design a trail that reflects what matters to you and to the park’s wildlife.
The grand opening with Florence Eshalomi MP
... is a highlight for the local community
The grand opening with Florence Eshalomi MP
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