I just want to cuddle a goat…going through a Clissold Park phase.

17:07 Friday April 14, 2017

Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London

Fact: Clissold Park was one of the first municipal parks in London in which bird and animal life was specifically provided. An animal enclosure was established before 1900 and contained donkeys, a wallaby and an aviary housing British birds as well as a herd of deer.
The small collection of animals now kept at Clissold Park consists of an aviary containing exotic birds, enclosures containing chickens, goats and a small herd of fallow deer. The animals have historically been for educational purposes, particularly for children and young people; this is purely visual and no contact between members of the public and animals takes place.