Hammersmith and Fulham · managed by London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Bishop's Park and the Thames at Putney Bridge
linear · easy
Off-lead rules
Off-lead rules unverified
We could not find an official source stating the off-lead position here, so we are not stating one. Public Spaces Protection Orders are enforceable and carry fixed penalties — check the borough council’s current order before letting your dog off the lead.
Not currently verifiable - see the PSPO note. The 2022 Order zoned parts of Bishop’s Park for exclusion and parts for lead-only, but its current status is unverified, so we state no off-lead position.
On-lead areas: Under the 2022 Order (status unverified), Schedule 1 excluded dogs from, verbatim: "Bishops Park - Fenced picnic area & pond area", and separately "All grounds of Fulham Palace". Schedule 2 required dogs on lead at "Bishop’s Park Wildlife Area" and "Bishops Park - Event area & moat garden". SEPARATE AND STILL CURRENT: contiguous Fulham Palace bans pet dogs entirely - "We are dog lovers, but they’re not allowed on our site. Our neighbour Bishop’s Park offers lovely areas for dog walking. Registered assistance dogs are welcome in all areas." (fulhampalace.org/faqs). That is a landowner rule, not a PSPO, and is unaffected by the order’s expiry.
The walk itself
- Start point
- Bishop's Park Road entrance
- Nearest station
- Putney Bridge
- Terrain
- riverside park with a tree-lined embankment
- Surface
- surfaced riverside promenade
- Accessibility
- level surfaced paths
- Mud
- low
- How quiet
- low
- Suits a reactive dog
- moderate
- Water access
- Yes
- Swimming allowed
- No
- Livestock
- No
- Wildlife
- low
- Stiles
- Not stated
- Gates
- No
- Lighting
- Yes
- Toilets
- Not stated
- Waste bins
- Not stated
- Parking
- Not stated
- Café on site
- Yes
“Not stated” means our source did not cover it. We leave gaps rather than fill them.
Notes
PSPO EXPIRY UNRESOLVED (2026-07-19). Off-lead status reverted from offlead_designated_areas to unverified because the order that created those zones reached its stated end date on 17 May 2026 and no renewal could be confirmed. The zone descriptions retained below are quoted from an archived capture of the council page and describe the 2022 Order as it stood; they must not be read as the current legal position. LBHF has been running degraded IT since a cyber incident first identified in late November 2025, which plausibly explains the unreachable governance records but is context, not evidence. TO RESOLVE: open the council PSPO page and its per-park sub-pages in a real browser, then search democracy.lbhf.gov.uk Cabinet Member Decisions for Nov 2025 - May 2026 for an extension report; failing that, ask the Law Enforcement Team (contact details published on the council page).
Rules changed?
PSPOs get renewed and amended. If the signage on the ground disagrees with what is here, the signage is right and we are wrong — please tell us.
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