Sharp-eyed readers will see that this is not in fact Wray Crescent open space, but Highbury Fields. I didn’t have a photo. However Highbury Fields also won a Green Flag Award, as did Caledonian Park, Fortune Street Park, Landseer Gardens and Gillespie Park.

The new(-ish) apple and pear trees and raised vegetable beds probably added to Wray Crescent’s cause.

Read the original Islington BC article here.