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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Hackney marshes parking row: children's astroturf pitches, rugby, sailing and tennis also targeted

Plans to introduce parking charges at a famous London grassroots football venue are to be extended across other parks and leisure facilities, The Standard can reveal.

Hackney council is proposing to charge drivers up to £5.70 per hour – more than the cost of parking at the nearby Westfield shopping centre – to park at Hackney marshes, where parking is currently free.

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