Saint Julien Park, London

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.

Foxfield District Park, London

Located in north-west London at 2384 Buroak Drive, Foxfield District Park has a playground, three tennis courts, a basketball court and green space for running around.

After we reached our goal of hitting all the splash pads in the city this summer we decided to go to one of the district parks that we have not been to, and the kids were wowed. I think the bar has been raised with Foxfield District Park.

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.

Basil Grover Park, London

I’m handing over the park review duties today. My partner in parenting thought he’d take a shot at reviewing our next park. So without further ado, here is daddy and the mini-adventurers review of Basil Grover Park.

What do you do when a park does not quite meet your adventurers expectations? Well, if you are us, you visit a park that is a proven winner from your previous visits and try to get them back to loving their adventures.

Located at 555 Wharncliffe Road S (at Wharncliffe and Commisioners), Basil Grover Park is the district playground for our area and is a firm favourite for all of our children.

The larger play structure and surrounding climbing stuff, including a neat, moving climbing structure on the right of the picture

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

Thames Park, London

Thames Park is located in central London at 15 Ridout St. S, The park has a very large playground, tennis courts, a public pool and a community garden (plots available through the city).

Front view of Thames Park playground.

I’ve been struggling over the past couple of days to write this review. On the face of it, this playground should be a home run, right? It’s a very large play structure, with plenty of features that tick all the boxes, my kids certainly loved it, BUT … as a mom of 4 children, 2 of which are toddlers, I’m not convinced that bigger is always better.

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

McMahan 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.

View of the wading pool at McMahan Park.

*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.

Westminster Optimist 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.

The big playground at Westminster Optimist Park

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.

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.

Meredith 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.

Meredith Park playground

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.

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