poll organised by the council. On 30 March 2007 the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced the award of a development grant to put forward a bid for a full £4.5 million Park Restoration Grant to restore the park and house to its original 18th-century design. The subsequent bid was successful, and in addition to funds from the HLF and the council, the project also received funding from the Big Lottery Fund. Work commenced in January 2010, and over the next two years an estimated £8.9 million was spent upgrading the house and its surrounding parkland. Plans included: Restoring Clissold House Restoring a section of the New River Extensive maintenance to the two small lakes Renovating the animal enclosures Creating a new play and wheels park area. Clissold House was added to the English Heritage 'Heritage at Risk Register' in 1991 but removed in 2012 following the completion of the restoration programme. Access Arsenal, Finsbury Park and Manor House on the Piccadilly line are all within a mile of the park. Buses 141, 341 and 393 stop on Green Lanes adjacent to the park. In popular culture Clissold Park, and its pond, feature in the Hank Wangford song "Jogging with Jesus". The album Ham by The Chap features a song entitled "Clissold Park". The Astrophonica record label features a song by label owners Fracture & Neptune, titled "Clissold" named after the Park. In Nick Hornby's 2007 novel Slam, the character Sam and his girlfriend Alicia often go to Clissold Park. The Aphex Twin track 19 [Slo]w early morning clissold sunrise is part named after the park. Kate Mascarenhas's debut novel The Psychology of Time Travel (2018) has a chapter set in Clissold Park. The 2017 song 'Shadows' by Manik MC (ft. Loyle Carner) opens with the line 'I'm billing up in Clissold Park'. References External links Clissold Park User Group Hackney Tennis Club, Clissold Park Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Hackney Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Hackney Bowling greens in England Stoke Newington