Place to explore / Streatham
Streatham Common
Play in the large children’s playground, explore woodland and meadows, or bring a picnic.
- Where
- Streatham High Road, Streatham, London SW16 5NR
About this outing
Streatham Common combines a large children’s playground with woodland, grassland, meadows and streams. Families can make a flexible outdoor outing with a picnic, then explore the neighbouring Rookery formal garden. The council lists a café and toilets; the paddling pool is seasonal, not a year-round attraction.
Planning your visit
- The common is open to the public 24 hours a day. This is not an opening-hours claim for the café, toilets, Rookery or seasonal paddling pool.
Plan your visit
Source checked 23 October 2026 at 17:04.
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Guides & inspiration
Streatham with children: playgrounds, books, rhymes and performing arts
Plan a Streatham outing around the Common, library rhymes and chess, swimming or skating, and term-time performing arts at Dunraven.