Town hall on wheels and edible bus stops: 5 most unusual sights to see around London's great outdoors

A new map has been produced showing more than 200 spots around the capital that have benefitted from revamps through Mayor of London programmes.

We’ve been looking over it and these five places have been chosen as highlights for being especially distinctive and well worth exploring.

Super green bridge – Balham, south London

The other ‘garden bridge’ in the capital. This railway bridge is now an oasis of green and includes plants that support local wildlife, including the bee population.

Portable town square – Cricklewood, north-west London

This miniaturised building resembling a town hall was mounted on a bicycle and moved about the area, pausing on forgotten patches of land to reclaim them as public spaces.

The portable town hall has delivered events and services such as an open-air cinema, street dancing, chess tournaments and a pop-up library.

London’s longest street market - Lower Marsh, south London

The return of one of London’s oldest and longest street market’s is providing new and existing businesses with visitors who are making use of the independent shops and stalls selling seasonal produce, all just five minutes’ walk from Waterloo station.

Edible bus stops – Landor Road and Hoopla Garden, south London

The edible community gardens by bus stops on Landor Road and the busy Norwood Road are part of a series of unique parks along route number 322.

These bus stops include edible plants such as herbs, strawberries and rainbow chard.

New from old at junkyard - Hackney, east London

Next to the National Trust’s Sutton House in Homerton High Street, funding has helped transform the Breaker’s Yard from a contaminated crime-ridden mess into an attractive urban park.

There are several nods to the yard’s past, with tyres turned into plant pots, a bus made into a greenhouse, a caravan fitted out as a stately home and gates formed from more than 1,000 toy cars.

Read more about the 200-plus sites at www.london.gov.uk/outdoors and click on the Great Outdoors map below to view the full interactive version.