Chaos coordinator of 4 mini humans. Some days I nail it, some days I tank, but it's always an adventure.
Located in south-east London at 15 Tommy Hunter Way, Saint Julien Park has a playground, a few soccer pitches, baseball diamond, horseshoe pits, and a disk-golf course along the walking/cycling path that runs along the river.
There is no off street parking here but plenty of space to park on the street in front of the park. The playground is wood chip based and there are public washrooms here but they were not open when we visited.
Continue reading “Saint Julien Park, London”I know, most of you are thinking, where the heck is Queen’s Park? Answer: it’s at the Western Fair District on the corner of Dundas and Eggerton.
Admittedly, I started out on today’s park adventure with the assumption that it was going to be a bust, but, although we didn’t stay very long, the kids really enjoyed walking around here.
The park doesn’t have any play equipment, but it does have a splash pad, a real train to look at, and some animal statues that the kids can climb on or get up close to.
Continue reading “Queens Park, London”Located in downtown London, along the river at 331 Thames St. Ivy Park has a small playground, splash pad, and is on the Thames Valley Pathway (TVP) so there’s usually steady traffic of cyclists and walkers (great for people watching, but not in a creepy way please, lol).
As mentioned, the playground here is small, and comes with mixed reviews from my mini adventurers.
Continue reading “Ivy Park, Fork of the Thames, London”Located in south-east London at 141 Bonaventure Drive, Bonaventure Meadows Park has …. a splash pad, and that’s pretty much it.
As much as I hate to admit it, summer is coming to an end and soon the weather will not be suitable for playing at the park. Thankfully, indoor playgrounds are starting to open up again to provide an outlet for our kids to burn off some energy.
Located at 2469 Aviation Lane, in east London (near the airport), Play Away indoor park occupies the niche of being an indoor play facility designed with the little ones in mind.
As we enter the last two weeks of splash pads for this summer we thought we better take advantage of them while we still can. Our adventure this morning took us to Southeast Optimist Park located at 237 Deveron Crescent.
The park has a baseball diamond, half basketball court, a small playground, and a splash pad.
Located in central London at 750 Whetter Ave, Rowntree Park is a cute community park that has a splash pad, playground, tennis court, and public washrooms.
Located in London’s south-east end on Kiwanis Park Drive, Kiwanis Park is a large park with lots of green space for playing, two baseball fields, a community garden (plots available through the city), paved pathways for nice walks or wheeling your way around the park, a splash pad and a playground that is good for all ages.
Now I don’t know if it was because of the park itself, or if somehow we happen to be having a good day, but my 4 mini-adventurers and I had a great outing at this park.
Continue reading “Kiwanis Park, London”Centrally located at 640 Adelaide St. N, McMahan Park has a wading pool, little league ball diamonds, and a small monkey bar play structure. I don’t want to call this a playground as it doesn’t have the regular features that a playground would normally have.
*note* there is construction being done at the front (Adelaide) side of the park which appears to have taken out the horseshoe pits. The construction area is fenced off.
Continue reading “McMahan Park, London”In south-east London at 650 Osgoode Drive, Westminster Optimist Park offers a brightly coloured playground that is fun for kids of all ages.
This park also includes Westminster Pool, one of the city’s outdoor pools, which is heated, has a gradual beach style entry and has some water spray features. It’s a very nice pool to book a family swim at.
Continue reading “Westminster Optimist Park, London”We were looking through the wading pool locations in the city and discovered that a couple of them are due to close for the 2020 season by the end of this week (August 15) so we thought we better get a move on to visit them. This brought us to Meredith Park in central London.
Located at 450 Nelson St., Meredith Park is small, but quiet, despite its more central location. At this park there is a playground, wading pool, 2 basketball courts, a tennis court and there are public washrooms however they were not open when we visited.
Continue reading “Meredith Park, London”Within the Summerside neighbourhood on London’s south-east end, at 1165 Darnley Blvd, is Meadowgate Park.
I’m going to save some of you some time. This park is great, fantastic playground equipment, great splash pad, public washrooms available. However….. almost every time we have been here it has been quite busy, and when soccer season is on, it’s even busier during game times (as there are 4 soccer pitches here).
Now that I got that over with, let’s start with the splash pad.
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