Gwangnaru Hangang Park
광나루한강공원
Twelve kilometres of riverside between Gangdong Bridge and Jamsil Railway Bridge. This is the only stretch inside Seoul's drinking-water protection zone, so boating and water sports are banned outright — and what the ban has left is sandbanks, two kilometres of reed bed and a habitat for migratory birds. The Hangang drone field and a cycling park with a BMX track are both in this district.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 광나루한강공원
- Address
- 83-106 Seonsa-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul (Gwangnaru information centre)
- Nearest station
- Cheonho Station (천호역, Lines 5 and 8) (Exit 1), Amsa Station (암사역, Line 8) (Exit 4)
- Opening hours
- open at all hours
- Closed
- Open year-round
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Admission
- Free
Accessibility and facilities
Exit 1 at Cheonho leads to the Jeumeungil underpass and exit 4 at Amsa to the Pungnap underpass. There are 7.9 km of cycle path here — 5.7 km shared with pedestrians and 2.2 km shared with vehicles. The cycling park upstream of Gwangjin Bridge on the south side holds a BMX track, a cycle track and a training ground, and the Hangang drone field sits beside it.
Under the eighth pier of Gwangjin Bridge is Gwangjingyo 8th Avenue, a viewing lounge glazed on all sides and underfoot, running exhibitions, performances and workshops except in winter. The operator's swimming-pool and water-play notice lists a Gwangnaru water-play area as having run, for a fee, from 19 June to 30 August 2026. The park's own page still describes a swimming pool here as under reconstruction, over a period it gives as March 2024 to December 2025, so the two pages disagree. Whether it opens, and for how long, has to be read off the seasonal notice each year.
Godeok and Amsa ecological parks are designated conservation areas and run bookable ecology programmes. Moduui Playground next to the pool covers 6,000 m², and the rose garden holds 10,000 rose plants with a rose tunnel and arches; at weekends it opens as a public wedding venue run by the city.
The operator lists the park's amenities as two shops, four car parks, two playgrounds, toilets and drinking fountains.
When to go
Summer
The water-play area
The water-play area runs in summer only. The operator gives its 2026 season as 19 June to 30 August; the opening date moves from year to year.
Frequently asked questions
Can I fish here, or get out on the water?
No. The operator describes the whole of Gwangnaru Hangang Park as a no-fishing, no-watersports zone, on the grounds that it is designated river area, drinking-water protection area and ecological conservation area at once. Some other Hangang parks allow fishing within published limits; here the ban covers the entire district.
Am I allowed to fly a drone?
Only at the designated Hangang drone field, and only with a booking made in advance — this is not a park where you may fly wherever you like. The field is next to the cycling park upstream of Gwangjin Bridge on the south side, and it is for hobby drones of 25 kg or less. Individuals book through Seoul's public-service reservation site; there is no charge. It opens 08:00–18:00 from April to September and 08:00–16:00 from October to March, and flying after sunset is prohibited. Your name and phone number must be attached to the aircraft, and insurance is required.
Can I hire a bicycle?
Yes. The hire point near the cycle safety-training ground keeps 90 bicycles. It is one of the smaller ones, though, so it closes for the winter from November to February and runs 11:00–20:00 from March to October. Rates start at 3,300 won an hour for a standard single bike and 6,600 won for a tandem, and you are normally expected to return the bike where you took it out.
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Where these facts come from
- Seoul Hangang Office — Gwangnaru Hangang Park ·
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- Seoul Hangang Office — Hangang park swimming pools and water-play areas, with each season's dates ·