You Can Now Play Basketball On A London Rooftop

Fancy shooting some hoops up in the sky? Well now's your chance as the first ever rooftop basketball court has arrived in London.

I’ll see your regular basketball court and raise it – well – into the sky. That’s right, the capital city‘s very first rooftop basketball court has landed in (well, on) London’s Design District – because everything is more fun on a rooftop, right?

Offering a slam-dunking experience like no other, the sky-high court is located on top of one of the sixteen buildings that make up the Design District neighbourhood in Greenwich Peninsula; London’s first purpose built home for creative industries.

Just a stones throw away from North Greenwich station, the court occupies an enviable position and boasts unrivalled views of the O2, the peninsula, the Thames, and Canary Wharf. Good luck keeping your head in the game when you’re surrounded by gorgeous things to gaze at.

The court is open-air and open to all, with bookings available to be made via the Design District website. Public bookings can be made between 6pm-8pm on weekdays and 8am-8pm on weekends and bank holidays at a price of £30 per hour. The lucky lot that are part of the Design District community not only get extended hours, but they also get a discounted price of £15 per hour. Not bad, hey?

Jennifer has been birdwatching for many years, read countless field guides and has spoken to a myriad of birding folk, so the information is an accumulation of gathered knowledge based on a lifelong interest in nature. Birds of Greenwich Peninsula is her 16th title.

About the Ecology Park

Green spaces are critical to providing a healthy habitat for human life as well as urban wildlife, the Peninsula will feature 48 acres of public and green spaces with the goal of creating a 10% biodiversity net gain to create a natural habitat for the future.

The booklets are plastic-free, and recyclable and are digitally printed in Sussex on art-grade FSC paper using vegetable-based inks. Costing £7.50, they are available to buy at the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park and NOW Gallery.

All proceeds will go to supporting the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park.