Local parks and green spaces in Portsmouth are free to visit and mostly maintained by Portsmouth City Council.
Green spaces are important for our health and wellbeing, and helps support biodiversity and tackle climate change.
View or download a map and brief guide to our parks, gardens and open spaces.
Accessible facilities
To make sure all parks and open spaces are available for everybody, we improve their facilities wherever possible using existing resources and planned maintenance programmes.
You can find uniformed community wardens in parks to keep the city safe, clean and tidy, and to provide support when needed.
Tours and guided walks
You can find guided walks and self-guided tours, including:
- walking for health – a mixture of city and countryside volunteer-led walks to improve fitness and make new friends
- Hilsea Lines ranger and Friends of Portsdown Hill have talks and events about each site’s military history and local wildlife. Both offer self-guided tours with leaflets and interpretation boards.
Volunteering opportunities
Regular volunteer work parties are available at: Southsea Rock Gardens, Baffins Pond, Portsdown Hill and Hilsea Lines.
Opening hours
Most parks are open all day. A few lock at night and reopen in the morning: Baffins Pond Car Park, Braemar Avenue, Cumberland Gardens, Drayton Park, Rose Gardens, Victoria Park, Waverley Gardens, Woodland Park.
If a site has a sign “dawn and dusk”, it’s available to use during day time, opening time varies depending on the seasons of the year, staff availability and other unforeseen reasons.
Event fees
Find a list of fees for hosting events and fitness training sessions in parks and open spaces.
More information
Historic Highland Road cemetery
Parks and Open Spaces Strategy 2023-2038
Contact us
For more information, email parks@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or call 023 9283 4180, or write to: Parks Service at Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. PO1 2AD.