Parks, lakes and green spaces

Lakes, gardens and green spaces that are worth a visit in their own right. For every park in the city, see the parks directory.

Belgachia

Belgachia Digambar Jain Temple: A red-and-white Jain temple in a quiet garden near the metro.

College Street

College Square: A tank ringed by colleges where the city learns to swim.

Park Street

South Park Street Cemetery: A walled garden of obelisks and pyramids, opened in 1767.

Maidan & Chowringhee

Victoria Memorial: The white-marble memorial museum and its gardens.
The Maidan: The great open ground at the centre of the city.
Eden Gardens: The cricket ground, and the old garden with a Burmese pagoda beside it.

Alipore

Alipore Zoological Garden: India’s oldest formally established zoo, opened in 1875.
Agri-Horticultural Society Gardens: A walled garden founded by William Carey’s society, known for winter flower shows.

Ballygunge & Gariahat

Maddox Square: A neighbourhood park famous for the adda at its Durga Puja.

Lake Gardens & Southern Avenue

Rabindra Sarobar: A 73-acre lake ringed by trees: South Kolkata’s morning walk.

Garia

Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary: A 17-acre patch of dense orchard forest at Narendrapur, full of birds and butterflies.

Patuli

Patuli Floating Market: A market on boats moored in a lake by the Bypass.

Beliaghata

Subhas Sarobar: East Kolkata’s big lake and park.

Tangra (Chinatown)

East Kolkata Wetlands: A Ramsar wetland of fish ponds that cleans the city’s waste water.

Salt Lake (Bidhannagar)

Central Park (Banabitan): Salt Lake’s big wooded park round a lake.
Nalban Boating Complex: A wide lake for boating at the edge of Sector V.

New Town

Eco Park: A 480-acre park round a lake, with gardens, cycling and replicas of the world’s wonders.

Baranagar & Cossipore

Cossipore Udyanbati: The garden house where Sri Ramakrishna spent his last months.

Barrackpore

Gandhi Ghat: A riverside memorial where Gandhi’s ashes were immersed.
Mangal Pandey Park: A riverside garden in memory of the sepoy of 1857.

Strand Road & the Ghats

Millennium Park: A landscaped riverside park along Strand Road.
Prinsep Ghat: A Palladian pavilion by the river, under the Vidyasagar Setu.

Howrah & the West Bank

Indian Botanic Garden: A 1787 garden at Shibpur, home of the Great Banyan.
Santragachi Jheel: A lake beside a railway station that fills with migratory ducks each winter.

Directory of every park in Kolkata

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Last checked on 2026-10-02. Each place was checked to exist and its position confirmed. Timings, closing days and ticket prices are shown only where known and can change: confirm before you travel.