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.

Riverside Park Conservancy, along with our partners Bates (Woods) Friends Forever, Riverside Community Garden, and Hodges Square Village Association, are participating in the "Let Loose Thurdays" kickoff in downtown New London on June 5, 6-9pm. Visit our booth for information, rock painting, and a free (native) plant!

Thanks to funding from the New London Pollinator Pathway initiative, we are able to create a new garden on Cole Street, near Hodges Square. The first planting day will be held, weather permitting, on Saturday 6/14. All are welcome to join us!