Hilly Fields — a beautiful walled Victorian park in Greenwich

Greenwich · South East London

Hilly
Pleasaunce

Greenwich  ·  SE10
Dog Friendly Family Friendly Outdoor Seating Events

We're Open

Monday – Friday

Weekdays

8:00am – 4:30pm

Saturday – Sunday

Weekends

8:30am – 5:00pm

Hours may vary on bank holidays. Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates.

Find Us

Pistachios in the Park

Hilly Fields
Chevening Rd
London
SE4 1QA

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What we're known for

The Pleasaunce favourites

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Full English breakfast

Breakfast

Full English

Free-range eggs, smoked back bacon, grilled tomato, mushrooms and sourdough toast. The one worth walking here for.

£9.50
Flat white coffee

Coffee

Flat White

Our signature Arabica blend, pulled to order. The one Gary takes personally if you don't finish it.

£3.20
Homemade cake of the day

Baked

Fred's Cake of the Day

Changes daily. Always homemade. Always worth asking what it is before you order anything else.

From £3.50

Join us at the Pleasaunce

Reserve a spot for breakfast, lunch, or our special community events.

A park café
like no other

Hilly Fields is a rare thing — a genuine Victorian walled park tucked into one of London's most characterful neighbourhoods. Step through the gates and the city drops away. The Pistachios terrace sits at its heart, surrounded by mature trees, well-worn paths and the kind of quiet that only a proper park can give you.

This is the place where Greenwich locals bring their dogs on a Tuesday morning, where families claim a table by 9am on Saturday, where someone is always working from their laptop over a second flat white. It is unhurried, warm, and unmistakably its own thing.

The food is homemade, the coffee is specialty grade, and the outdoor terrace is one of the finest spots to sit in South East London. When the sun catches the old stone walls in the late afternoon, there is nowhere you would rather be.

The walled garden terrace at Hilly Fields on a sunny morning

"Part of the park.
Part of the neighbourhood."

Open year-round  ·  Rain or shine

The people behind it

Meet the team

They're the reason people come back.

Deborah, Founder of Pistachios in the Park

Fred

Founder

Warm Welcoming Community-first

Fred opened Pistachios because she believed a great park deserved a great café. She still makes the cakes on Friday.

Gary, Head Barista at Pistachios in the Park

Ruth

Head Barista

Creative Enterprising Obsessive about coffee

Ruth ensures every dog walker and local regular feels like part of the family.

The regulars

People who call this their park

★★★★★

"Saturday mornings here have been our family ritual for three years. The kids know the staff by name. So does the dog."


Sarah M.

Regular since 2021 · Mum of two

★★★★★

"I work from here two mornings a week. The flat white is consistently the best in SE10. The walls help you think."


James T.

Remote worker · Tuesday & Thursday regular

★★★★★

"After my Sunday run through the park, this is the only place I want to be. The Full English is non-negotiable."


Marcus L.

Runner · Sunday regular since 2020

At the Pleasaunce

More than coffee

The Pleasaunce has always been a gathering place. We keep that tradition alive.

Jazz Mornings

Live music in the park on selected Sundays through the summer months. Coffee in hand, music in the air.

BBQ Events

Summer BBQs on the Pleasaunce terrace — open to all. Grilled food, good weather, and neighbours you haven't met yet.

Community Days

Fundraisers, sports days and local neighbourhood gatherings. The Pleasaunce belongs to Greenwich — we're just part of it.

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A morning at the Pleasaunce

By 8:15am the first dog walkers are already on their second coffee. The stone walls are still cool from the night before. Someone has claimed the corner table with a laptop and a flat white. A toddler is feeding the birds. The gate creaks. Another regular arrives. This is what a proper morning looks like.

Monday to Friday from 8am · Weekends from 8:30am

A park with history

The Pollard Legacy

The Hilly Fields is more than just a beautiful Victorian garden. It is the final resting place of Commander John Pollard, the Royal Navy officer credited with avenging the death of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

"When you sit on our terrace with a coffee in hand, you are sitting on ground that has absorbed more history than most people will ever walk across."

1805

Battle of Trafalgar. Commander Pollard avenges Nelson's death.

1868

Pollard passes away and is buried in the Pleasaunce grounds.

1983

Aysin & Sally open the first Pistachios delicatessen on Trafalgar Road.

2021

Fred & Ruth take over the Pleasaunce café. The circle closes.

Through the year

The Pleasaunce, season by season

Spring at the Pleasaunce — cherry blossom

Spring ·

Cherry blossom & flat whites

Summer at the Pleasaunce — jazz on the terrace

Summer ·

Jazz on the terrace

Autumn at the Pleasaunce — golden walls

Autumn ·

Golden walls, warm hands

Winter at the Pleasaunce — soup and regulars

Winter ·

Soup, toast & regulars

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Opening Hours

Mon–Fri   8:00am – 4:30pm

Sat–Sun   8:30am – 5:00pm

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