Lincoln’s Inn Fields

It’s a nice, quiet park with museums around it. There are a few tennis courts, some seating, a little gazebo, and grassy areas. A nice place to sit and have lunch or to stroll through between the hunterian and sir John soane’s museum.

just lovely.

Located right next to LSE, it’s often populated with students in warm weather.
Tennis courts are available as well as wifi that can be snagged from LSE or Fleet River depending on where you are in the park!

Great place for a picnic (when it’s sunny out), and especially convenient for LSE students.

A lovely little park hidden away between the chaos of Kingsway and the bustling lawyer district. I find it very relaxing and refreshing to wander through this peaceful haven, rain or shine. On sunny summer days it’s filled with lunching, reading, sunbathing Londoners. On a cold rainy day it’s empty and conducive to contemplation and meditation. A favourite spot in central London.

Great place to relax after visiting Sir John Soane’s Museum. The day I was there, a Sunday in Oct, I was one of only about five people inn the whole park. Of course the Museum is closed on Sunday and Monday but finding the park made up for the journey to Holborn.
I had been in the area a few times and never discovered the park before. My next visit to London, I plan on making sure the museum is open and then a takeaway lunch in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

Good for a midtown swing in the trees (with the greatest of ease). A good combination of low and high branches makes for a multi-​level experience. I like it.

Lincoln’s Inn Fields is glorious.
GLORIOUS.
A big square in the middle of the bustling Holborn/​Covent Garden/​Strand/​Chancery Lane areas, it’s hidden away from the busy roads and therefore the busy road noises.
It’s separated into multiple grassy areas.
There are tennis courts.
There’s a Caribbean restaurant.
There’s a strange pagoda in the middle.
There are trees (ie shade).
Two Mr Whippy vans are usually parked outside on the NW and SE entrances.
But, most importantly, when the sun is out, there’s a spot of green just for me in the SE quadrant (the area closest to Lincoln’s Inn), because not as many people go to this area, having come from Kingsway and High Holborn from the NW instead.
During the winter when it’s cold and wet and dark, however, it’s kind of dire. But that doesn’t matter now, because it’s SUMMER!

Based in Chancery Lane I frequent Lincolns Inn Fields whenever the sun comes out, taking my lunch and basking in the sun. It is always buzzing and you can even play tennis at lunch if you book the courts.
It is lovely to have such a large outdoor space so close to where I work.

I used to walk through here every day on my way to the LSE, such a relaxing and beautiful place that’s well worth a visit if you’re in the area and in need of some scholarly motivation.

Come out of Holborn tube and take a right-​walk into an alleyway, carry on walking and you are richly rewarded. This is the secret reserve of the legal elite but ther is nothing stopping you bringing you sandwiches and having a seat on the benches. Ok the people walking past will be starring at you wondering which of the firms you are working for so brush up on your ‘ps and qs’.

Taking advantage of the lovely weather, I spent my lunch hour here today. The grassy areas get very busy at lunchtimes as the city workers, students and tourists take refuge among the grass and trees. The fields are a great sun trap so are perfect for a picnic with friends. There is also an ice cream van outside the park if you get too hot! A lovely little park hidden away from the hustle and bussel of the surrounding city.

Lincolns Inn Fields is a square that stands between the LSE campus and the Law Chambers. It is quite a large square with benches along the outside path. Half of the square is taken up by a large lawn. In the middle there is some sort of band stand and on the other side there are tennis/​netball courts. Additionally, there is an old drinking fountain in the far corner, beside the law courts, that no longer seems to work.
It doesn’t feel as well-​kept as some of the areas other squares and consequently isn’t my favourite. Still it is a pleasant enough space. When the weather is good, particularly during spring, it is busy with office workers on lunch and LSE students taking a break, playing Frisbee and sitting on the grass.
If you work in the area, or have gotten some takeaway lunch from Holborn or Kingsway Lincolns Inn Fields is a pleasant place to stop.

I first discovered Lincoln’s Inn Fields when I was working nearby– three years three years London had a proper summer. Not just a day here and there but actually a few weeks of sunny, sandal weather. My 1 hour lunch break spent in this calm oasis was pure bliss. Sometimes I would go with colleagues and enjoy a sandwich and discuss the stresses of office life. Other times I would practically run there with a book looking forward to relaxing hour where IU could kick off my shoes. The historic area is the perfect place to escape (even if it’s just for an hour) from the busy streets nearby.

Lincoln’s Inn Fields is great for finding a bit of repose in a hectic area. Pitched between Old Bailey, LSE, Holborn and Covent Garden it’s an historic green associated with the Inn of Court, Lincoln’s Inn. The square that bounds it is rather stately, and the Inn itself is a kind of confection poking through the foliage. I have spent many a fag over my book sitting calmly on a bench here, listening to bird song, and wondering why I’m the only one around. A good break in an often hostile corner.

This place is something of a hidden gem, a huge green space perfect for a city centre picnic when you’re tired of traipsing round the strand or even covent garden.
Nearest tube is Holborn, just head down and left a bit through an alley/​snicket and you’re there. There are public toilets and when the weather is fine loads of people enjoying the sun. There is a bandstand in the middle but I’ve never seen a band there. Became familiar with the place when I was an extra on that Rhys Ifans Peter Cook thing. Check out the John Soams museum and the Hunterian museum while your here.

The area to the south of High Holborn and to the east of Kingsway is Lincoln’s Inn Field. The area was formerly known as Purse Field and Cup Field. They were used as recreational area for the lawyers from nearby Lincoln’s Inn.
The fields were outside the city. In 1586 Babington and his
13 accomplices were hanged, drawn and quarted in this area. In 1588 2 further executions were carried out here. The area was also a well known place for duels and robberies. A number of attempts were made to build in the area, but the lawyers of Lincoln’s Inn managed to block them until the
1630’s. By 1641 the square had been built, but the fights and executions continued. The square was finally enclosed in 1735.
The original plan was to build over the entire area, but the local lawyers protested, eventually taking their complaint to Parliament where they won.
On the north side of the square stands the Sir John Soane’s Museum. The doorways on the north side of the square are worth noting. At number 3 Ramsey McDonald, the Prime Minister died in 1911. On the west side of the square stands Newcastle House (66) which was built in 1684, the house was rebuilt in 1930. At number 65, built in 1772, William Pitt, the later Prime Minister, had his chambers. Lindsey House, numbers 59 to 60, was built in 1640 probably by Inigo Jones, 57 – 58 were built much later but in the same style. Number 60 was the home of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval from 1790 – 1807. The queens solicitors have their offices at 66. On the south side of the square is the Royal College of Surgeons.
Part of this site used to be Lincoln’s Inn Theatre which first opened its doors in 1660, this was the first theater in London to have a proscenium arch, and to use movable scenery.
At the eastern end of the square is Lincoln’s Inn.