If you haven’t already seen part one of the two part UK Bar-barians: London Parks series check it out here.
The four calisthenic hot spots covered in the vid are London Fields, Kennington Park, Linford Christie Stadium and Battersea Park:
London Fields
Lee Wade Turner starts the tour at London Fields situated in Hackney, East London (E8 3EU). Hackney Central Underground Station is a 15 minute walk and London Fields Railway Station is roughly a 5 minute walk.
The park’s features include a 50m heated lido, tennis courts, a bmx track, cricket pitch and of course a calisthenics area with small, medium and large size pull-up bars, a set of parallel bars, ascending ringed monkey bars and a push-up station.
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Kennington Park
Second up, Jay Anthony heads to Kennington Park in Lambeth, South East London (SE11 4BU). Kennington Park is less than a 5 minute walk from Oval Underground Station and just over 5 minutes from Kennington Underground Station.
Tennis courts, basketball courts, a cricket pitch, floodlit facilities for football and hockey, a nature trail and an adventure playground can be found here.
The calisthenic facilities located at the park are parallel bars, six varied height pull-up bars (one extra wide bar), a set of monkey bars, vaults and balance beams.
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Linford Christie Stadium
Shooting over to Hammersmith, West London Lee hits the park named after the famous British sprinter and Olympic coach, Linford Christie. The Linford Christie Stadium (W12 0AE) can be reached by East Acton Underground Station which is only a 5 minute walk away.
The stadium includes a comprehensive track and field section complete with long jump and triple jump pits and shot put, hammer and discus area. The grounds also cater for rugby during the winter months.
The calisthenics spot offers a long straight pull-up bar, a sloped pull-up bar, parallette benches of varying sizes, a push-up bar station, crossed push-up station, a t-bar station, low bars, flat benches, incline bench, low hurdles and diagonal vaults.
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Battersea Park
Jay takes us back down south but to the westside for the last park of the first tour. Battersea Park, the pride of Wandsworth (SW11 4NJ) is one of the larger parks in the UK Bar-barians tour covering over 200 acres. Battersea Park Railway Station is just a 5 minute walk.
Because of its size the park has a wide range of facilities including a running track, boating lake, tennis courts and an adventure playground.
Located on the south west part of the park the calisthenics area includes three different size pull-up bars, low hurdles, vaults, parallel bars, balance beams, monkey bars, a push up and sit up station.
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