Riverside Park Conservancy

Riverside Park is a lovely 18-acre wooded open space that rises from the Thames River to the Northeast New London neighborhood and the Winthrop Elementary STEM Magnet School. Created in 1893, the park was a popular recreation spot - for games, picnicking, swimming and viewing the annual Yale-Harvard Regatta - for generations of New Londoners, until it became isolated due to the construction of I-95 and urban renewal. It remains a hidden gem whose unique landscape and sweeping views offer peaceful respite from the stresses of everyday life. Directions to the park.

Save the dates! Our first park clean-up of the year will take place on Saturday, April 19, from 10am-12noon. We will meet at the gazebo and be working on the slope up to Stanners Street. Come help pick up litter, cut back the knotweed, and clear weeds, in preparation for expanding the pollinator garden. Gloves, trash bags, water, and snacks provided.