Queens 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 train at Queen’s Park London

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.

Ivy Park, Fork of the Thames, 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.

Bonaventure Meadows Park, London

Located in south-east London at 141 Bonaventure Drive, Bonaventure Meadows Park has …. a splash pad, and that’s pretty much it.

Bonaventure Meadows Splash pad

Pinafore Park, St. Thomas *UPDATED*

***UPDATED August 2021***

The playground here was completely redone in the summer of 2021. Pictures and descriptions have been updated below.

Our park adventure took us outside of the city to Pinafore Park on Elm Street in St. Thomas.

In addition to being a very large park with lovely gardens, walking trails, pavilions for renting, and small pond area to walk around, there is also a great playground and splash pad.

Front view of the newly installed big play structure at Pinafore Park, St Thomas

Gibbons Park, London

Located in central London at 2A Grosvenor St., Gibbons Park has a playground, splash pad, public pool, a music park (how did we not see this before now!!) and is a central connection along the Thames Valley Pathway (TVP) paved paths for walking and cycling.

Gibbons Park Playground

Southeast Optimist Park, London

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.

Southeast Optimist playground

West Lions Park, London

West Lions Park is located at 20 Granville St in south-west London, adjacent to Kinsmen Arena. The park has a baseball diamond, skate park, basketball court, soccer pitch, a playground and a splash pad.

West Lions Park playground

I was a little hesitant when we set out for this park as it had been a few years since we had last been here, and I remembered not being particularly impressed, but we decided to go with a fresh attitude, and a couple of fresh kids (at least 2 of them anyway).

Rowntree Park, London

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.

Playground at Rowntree Park, London

Kiwanis Park, London

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.

Constitution Park, London

Located in London’s north-east end at 725 Grenfell Drive, Constitution Park has a splash pad, playground, swing set, basketball court, soccer pitch and green space to run around.

Constitution Park playground

I’d say that this park is geared to slightly older kids (read: not babies and toddlers) as there is no toddler playground. Having said that, my 2 and 3 year old did manage the playground quite well and we all had fun on this family outing to the park.

Meadowgate Park, Summerside, London Ontario

Within the Summerside neighbourhood on London’s south-east end, at 1165 Darnley Blvd, is Meadowgate Park.

Big play structure at 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.

Meadowgate splash pad

Riverbend Park

Welcome to one of London’s newest parks. Riverbend Park is located at 1585 Riverbend Road, in London’s west end (I’ve categorized it as both south-west and North-west as it falls, pretty much, on the north/south divide)

Riverbend Park playground.

This park has a playground with a toddler play structure and one for the bigger kids. There is also a new splash pad, swing set (standard, baby and accessible swings), basketball court, baseball diamond and lots of green space.

Medway Park

Located in North-west London at 1045 Wonderland Road N, Medway Park has a pretty cool playground, a splash pad, skate park, and is located in front of the aquatic centre.

One of the play structures at Medway Park

South London Community Centre (SLCC)

Located in South-west London at 1119 Jalna Blvd, tucked behind the library / community centre building you will find a playground and splash pad.

Toddler playground at SLCC

I am, admittedly, having some difficulty writing our review of this playground and splash pad. It’s funny the way that the pandemic has changed our views on things, and in my case, changed the way I view this playground.

Waterworks Park – St. Thomas

We were in serious need of updated family photos (our youngest just turned 2 and we have no family photos with her, oops!), and last night we finally got around to it. Our photo session was at a lovely spot near Waterworks Park in St. Thomas, so once we were all finished posing and saying cheese we decided to head to the park to let the kids play.

This park is a triple threat for family fun. Not only is there a very good playground and a splash pad, there is also a beautiful trail through gardens with bridges over ponds that is great for a mini nature walk adventure with the kids.