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Payments unavailable on Sunday 9 November, 10am to 2pm

Due to essential maintenance on our payment systems, you will not be able make any payments online or by phone on Sunday 9 November between 10am to 2pm.

This means you won’t be able to pay for things like council tax, rent or parking penalty charge notices (PCNs) through our website or using our automated payment line (020 7527 8000). 

If you need to make a payment, please do it before or after this time. We are very sorry if this affects you.

 

 

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Opening and closing times of parks

Opening times

All parks with gates open by 8am daily. All of our parks are open 365 days a year (including Christmas and New Year's Day).

Closing times 

Closing times vary throughout the year, but we usually start locking at sunset. As there are a number of parks to lock it can take some time to lock them all. You can find when we start locking our parks each month below:

  • January - 5pm
  • February - 6pm
  • March (GMT*) - 6pm
  • March (BST*) - 8pm
  • April - 8pm
  • May - 9pm
  • June - 9pm
  • July - 9pm
  • August 9pm
  • September 8pm
  • October (BST*) - 7pm
  • October (GMT*) - 5pm
  • November - 5pm
  • December - 5pm

*GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) - times stated are valid until the clocks go forward one hour in March and from when the clocks go back one hour in October.

*BST (British Summer Time) - times stated are valid from when the clocks go forward one hour in March and until the clocks go back one hour in October.

If you accidently get locked in one of our parks, please call 020 7527 7272.

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