For over 250 years the site of Finsbury Park has entertained Londoners. Originally there was just a teahouse next to a wood, then a tavern. In 1869, after nearly 30 years of debate and local pressure, it finally became a park.​ ​Since then the park has been a wonderful green 'lung' for people of north London - for sport, entertainment, political and religious meetings, or just sitting on the grass.*