Sure, the weather this week isn’t going to be the greatest (surprise, surprise, UK weather) but in the last week, it has been a scorcher. So hot that it even got some of us Brits looking into air conditioning units – a rarity over here. And we expect the rest of summer is going to be just as hot or even hotter.
We’ve rounded up a list of splash pads and fountains across the city that both you and the kids will love dipping your feet into.

Central London
Russell Square Gardens, Russell Square
Edmond J Safra Fountain Court, Somerset House
More London Fountains, Tower Bridge
Coram’s Field Water Play, Bloomsbury
Causton Street Playground, Pimlico
Appearing Rooms, Southbank Centre
West London
John Madejski Garden, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington
Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, Hyde Park
Merchant Square Fountain Maze, Paddington
Kensington Memorial Park, Ladbroke Grove
Cassiobury Park, Watford
Duke of York Square Fountains, Chelsea
Ruislip Lido, Ruislip
North London
Animal Adventure Water Play, London Zoo, Regent’s Park
Gloucester Gate Playground Water Play, Camden Town
Whittington Park Water Play, Archway
Central Saint Martin Fountain, Granary Square
East London
Fellowship Square Water Fountains, Walthamstow
Barking Splash Park, Barking
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Fountains, Stratford
The Children’s Play and Park Splash Pavillion Park, Mile End
Peckham Rye Park Water Play, Peckham
Aldgate Square Fountains, Aldgate
Victoria Park Splash Pool, Hackney
South London
Kingston Market Square Fountains, Kingston
Danson Splash Park, Bexleyheath
Greenwich Park Playground Water Play, Greenwich
Elephant Springs, Elephant and Castle
Causton Street Playground, Pimlico
Wimbledon Sprinkler Park, Wimbledon