About Us
Potters Fields Park Management Trust was founded in 2005 as a not-for-profit organisation. We manage and maintain Potters Fields Park and St. John’s Churchyard to the highest standard as open public spaces for recreation, leisure and enjoyment.
Most of our income is earned from event hire; this enables us to provide award-winning facilities for everyone. We are committed to our parks and love to share them by offering a range of events as well as access to and education in horticulture, arboriculture and wildlife to local and wider communities.
You can read more about the Trust and its involvement with the local community here.
Our Parks
Potters Fields Park
Potters Fields Park is a unique green open space by the Thames next to Tower Bridge. With its spacious lawns, whispering trees, quiet walkways and colourful wildlife-friendly gardens, it offers an oasis in the middle of London.
St. John’s Churchyard
St. John’s Churchyard is a few minutes’ walk away and is a quiet community park with a children’s play area, peaceful grassy areas for relaxation, outdoor table tennis and boules facilities and newly-planted wildlife and wetlands beds.
The trust
Potters Fields Park and St. John’s Churchyard are managed by Potters Fields Park Management Trust, a not-for-profit organisation. The objects for which the Trust is established are: –
For the public benefit of the people of the United Kingdom as a whole and the local community in particular:
- to occupy, promote, manage and maintain as a public open space the park and garden area known as ‘Potters Fields Park’ (‘the Park’) in the part of London to the south of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, within the wider area known as the ‘Pool of London’, in the interests of public welfare, including educational and recreational benefits to visitors to the Park;
- to benefit the environment of the south bank of the Pool of London by managing and maintaining other areas of sustainable land neighbouring the River Thames, including St. John’s Churchyard;
- to advance awareness and education in the fields of horticulture, arboriculture, wildlife and biodiversity by providing public access to parks and open spaces;
- to improve the quality of life for the public at large and local communities in particular, by assisting in the provision of recreational facilities, including community, cultural and public events.
The Trust is managed by a Board of Directors, including individual members with local interests, and representatives of the following local organisations:
- London Bridge Management Company Ltd
- Shad Thames Residents Association
- Southwark Council (2 representatives)
- Team London Bridge
Community and Education
For details of community events and activities, please contact us on info@pottersfields.co.uk, or check our News and What’s On pages.
Around the Area
There’s a lot going on near Potters Fields Park. Here are just a few updates and events from our friends and neighbours; check back regularly to see what’s new.
