Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith, London

I can remember spending my days as a youngster running around this park. It has a great combination of green spaces and playgrounds for children. This basketball court is also one of the best in london. Very good level of basketball and people from all walks of life! Esentially it is the best park in West london from my point of view.

Loved going here as a kid. Many memories of playing in the sand pit with the fake crocodile and paddling in the pool.

Obviously don't do that anymore but whenever i'm back in london and it's nice weather i like to pop by even if it's just to walk the dogs.

Tube station moments away so easy to get to. This is one of those places not many know exist. Definitely worth a visit.

Love this park. You can take a slow stroll and admire the greenery and go feed the birds... Check out squirrels and dogs running after them... And a pond where you might sight frogs idly taking a swim...

There's a play area where you see the children play, taking you back to the time where u are just as care-free...

Can easily spend hours in this little park, just to quiten down the pace of life and mind...

This is an incredible park.

Friends and family who visit from outside London are amazed by it. It’s like one of those parks you see in old children’s picture books.

Not just a big expanse of green - though it has that, too - there are lots of winding pathways and a small lake with an island, ducks, swans and geese

...and three separate kids play areas, all with different activities including a zip wire, tyre swings and great climbing frames. There’s a huge Paddling Pool and a sandpit.

There are dog-free, dog-specific and general areas.

Basketball court, football pitch, tennis courts, even a beautifully kept bowling green.

And - my favourite - a walled scented garden with shaded benches.

This park has everything.

Not forgetting the great café, recently taken over by Fait Maison, which does drinks and food, with lots of outdoor and indoor seating and yet another play area.

And if the yummy mummyness of that cafe is too much for you, the Ginko garden centre at the south end of the park (yes, it has a garden centre, too) also has a great cafe.

And it’s right next to Ravenscourt Park tube.

Easily the largest park in the Shepherd's Bush/Hammersmith area. Very popular with families and dog walkers as you might expect.

Despite being large it has quite a bit of character and is a much more pleasant walking route from the Ravenscourt Park station to my house than trotting up Conningham Road or whatever other awful roads.

They're actually quite nice roads, the whole area is very agreeable and the park is a big contributer to that nice feeling.

Good for frisbee.