Police detonate the bomb in Clissold Park. Pic: Sgt Dan Window

Police conducted a controlled explosion of a World War Two bomb in a Stoke Newington park on Sunday.

Popular family spot Clissold Park was closed by police as they detonated the device around 4:00pm.

The bomb was found by a local resident while they were gardening and transferred to the park for safety reasons.

Officers used “white water bags” to suppress the explosion of what police have confirmed was an unexploded WW2 ordnance.

This is why it couldn’t be detonated in residential area… The white water bags were used to surpress the explosion! pic.twitter.com/ioDDHY0IIY

— A/Sgt Dan Window (@MPSNewRiverSgt) January 4, 2015

Both officers and local residents took to Twitter to comment on the noise of the explosion.

Apologies for the loud bang in #ClissoldPark. Police have conducted a controlled explosion on A WW2 bomb! #GDNW pic.twitter.com/AQRrHG5xUs

— A/Sgt Dan Window (@MPSNewRiverSgt) January 4, 2015

world war two bomb found in Clissold Park – so that was the bang earlier @N16

— Alastair Duncan (@AlastairDuncan) January 4, 2015

A police spokesperson said: “Incidents such as this happen on a very frequent basis and are much more routine than members of the public realise.”

“The device has been safely exploded and the park is now free to use again”.