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Playgrounds and adventure playgrounds

Children's play areas

As a general rule children need an element of risk on play areas, as it is essential to their growth and development. It is preferable for them to learn about risks in a controlled setting. Play areas have a variety of challenge and difficulty. All play area equipment throughout the district meets the very highest standards of design, quality and safety and residents and visitors have a choice of 47 quality, maintained play areas.

List of Warwick District Council play areas

The following is a list of all the play areas within the district, named by the park and its nearest street.

Kenilworth

  • Abbey Fields Play Area - Abbey Fields
  • Bates Memorial Park - Hermitage Way
  • Castle Farm Play Area - Fishponds Road
  • Farmer Ward Play Area - Ebourne Close
  • Glendale Avenue Play Area - Glendale/Redfern Avenue
  • Red Lane Play Area - Red Lane
  • St John`s Play Area - Guy Road

Warwick

  • Canalside Play Area - Greenway
  • Hatton Park - Barcheston Road
  • Mander Grove Play Area - Mander Grove
  • Millbank Play Area - Millbank
  • Pattens Road Play Area - Pattens Road
  • Priory Pools Play Area - Lyttleton Road
  • Saltisford Common Play Area - St Michaels Road
  • St Nicholas Park - Banbury Road
  • Twycross Walk Play Area - Twycross Walk
  • Warwick Gates (East) Play Area - Othello Avenue
  • Warwick Gates (West) Play Area - Ophelia Drive

Leamington

  • Avonside Play Area - Riversleigh Road
  • Calder Walk Play Area - Danesbury Crescent
  • Cubbington Waterworks Play Area - Cubbington Road
  • Eagle Recreation Ground - Eagle Street
  • Elizabeth Road Play Area - Elizabeth Road
  • Fallow Hill Play Area - Sydenham Drive
  • Guys Cliffe Open Space - Guys Cliffe Avenue
  • Kennedy Square Play Area - Kennedy Square
  • Mason Avenue Play Area - Mason Avenue
  • Midland Oak Open Space - Lillington Road
  • Mill Gardens - Mill Road
  • Newbold Comyn (Paul Putz) - Newbold Comyn Country Park
  • Newbold Comyn (Public House) - Newbold Comyn Country Park
  • Redland Road Recreation Area - Redland Road
  • Roxburgh Croft Play Area - Roxburgh Croft
  • Rushmore Street Play Area - Rushmore Street
  • Saxon Meadows Play Area - Saxon Meadows
  • Shrublands Play Area - Bury Road
  • Stamford Gardens Play Area - Stamford Gardens
  • The Dell Play Area - Beauchamp Hill
  • The Holt Recreation Ground - The Holt
  • Victoria Park - Archery Road
  • Villiers Street Recreation Ground - Villiers Street
  • Windmill Road Play Area - Windmill Road
  • Wych Elm Drive Play Area - Wych Elm

Whitnash

  • Cox’s Orchard Play Area - Anthony Gardner Crescent

Cubbington

  • Weston Under Wetherley - Sabin Drive

Warwick District Council has recently undertaken extensive refurbishment of many of the children's play areas it provides.

Facilities for young people

Warwick District provides a number of facilities for BMX bikes, skate boards and rollerblades and is currently engaged in a programme to improve and extend these.

Page Last Updated: 10 Dec 2012