Away from traffic, cycling in the Park is safe and enjoyable.
Cycles can be rented from the London Recumbents, situated next to the Millennium Arena just off East Carriage Drive.
Be warned however, cycling is confined mostly to the Carriage Driveways, and the Parks Police are likely to take exception to anyone caught cycling on the inner footpaths!
The Friends Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 6th July, starting 7:30pm, at All Saints Church, 100 Prince of Wales Drive, SW11. This is your chance to meet the Friends Committee, Wandsworth Council's Park Managment and other enthusiastic Park users. Refreshments will be available. Please do come along and let us know your views.
The Friends of Battersea Park team of Sophie Campbell, Angela Grant, Joanne Taylor and Sherrin Thompson has been invited to run in the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge on 8th July, raising money for the final phase of the Winter Garden. The team invite you to sponsor them towards the Friends’ next target, which is raising money for the shrubs, perennials and bulbs, Twelve camellia sasanquas will cost £300, three mature magnolia loebneri cost £220 each, and 6600 snowdrop bulbs cost £1050. more...
Again this year, La Gondola al Parco, the cafe by the lake, are arranging live music every Tuesday and Friday evening (weather permitting), from 7pm with a BBQ and refreshments. Entrance is free.