We know our parks are what people love most about living in Merton, with ten parks now receiving a prestigious Green Flag award. We’re very proud to be one of the greenest boroughs in London, and we have made it even greener by planting 16,000 trees and whips since 2022. We will work hard to make Merton even greener and more welcoming:
We promise to upgrade children’s playgrounds and sporting facilities in parks across Merton to give young people and adults more to enjoy in their spare time.
We promise to work with the local community to create more pocket parks to brighten up our neighbourhoods and deter fly-tipping, create new woodlands on council-owned land, and work with Friends of Parks Group to get more Green Flag awards for our parks.
We promise to make our high streets and shopping centres more welcoming by planting more flowers and plants every year which will also help clean the air we breathe, and carry out regular deep cleans.
And whilst other councils are forced to cut back on their parks services, because we have managed the finances well and paid down our debt to one of the lowest levels of any council in the country, we will be able to maintain and protect ours so we can keep our much-loved parks in the best condition for everyone to enjoy.
