Area: East Courtice
Age Range: 18 months and up
Parking: some street parking on Avondale Drive
Ground Cover: mulch
Main Equipment:
Accessibility Features: sitting spinner, talking tubes
Facilities/Other:
Surrounding Park Area: A green space with a circle of sitting boulders between the playground and tennis courts
Seating: 1 park bench facing the playground by the larger play structure, 4 park benches under the shade structure, rounded hills of interlock bricks along the playground fence, and sitting boulder area beside the playground
Shade: none over the playground itself, but some over the interlock hill from the surrounding trees, shade structure over 4 park benches, and surrounding tree shade behind the playground
Overall assessment: We like that there is a fence along the back of the playground that runs along Avondale Drive so it's easier to watch running toddlers at this park. When we visited the smaller play structure tube connecting both halves was not there (we assumed damaged and was removed for safety) but each half still had climbers or stairs and a slide so it was fun to explore and use. The best part about the toddler play structure was the miniature firepole! Our preschooler knew exactly what to do and dared to approach and reach out all on her own to slide down it (see video below). The interlock hill along the fence of the playground reminded us of parks we visited in Japan because it had many toddlers crawling up and exploring balance on the bumpy surface. This is a great park to spend a picnic at because of the adjacent soft surfaced splash pad.
Age Range: 18 months and up
Parking: some street parking on Avondale Drive
Ground Cover: mulch
Main Equipment:
- 5 slides
- 2 swings
- 2 infant swings
- 1 rock climbing wall
- 2 fireman poles (1 is toddler sized!)
- 1 standing spinner
- 1 sitting spinner
Accessibility Features: sitting spinner, talking tubes
Facilities/Other:
- Splash Pad
- 2 Tennis Courts
Surrounding Park Area: A green space with a circle of sitting boulders between the playground and tennis courts
Seating: 1 park bench facing the playground by the larger play structure, 4 park benches under the shade structure, rounded hills of interlock bricks along the playground fence, and sitting boulder area beside the playground
Shade: none over the playground itself, but some over the interlock hill from the surrounding trees, shade structure over 4 park benches, and surrounding tree shade behind the playground
Overall assessment: We like that there is a fence along the back of the playground that runs along Avondale Drive so it's easier to watch running toddlers at this park. When we visited the smaller play structure tube connecting both halves was not there (we assumed damaged and was removed for safety) but each half still had climbers or stairs and a slide so it was fun to explore and use. The best part about the toddler play structure was the miniature firepole! Our preschooler knew exactly what to do and dared to approach and reach out all on her own to slide down it (see video below). The interlock hill along the fence of the playground reminded us of parks we visited in Japan because it had many toddlers crawling up and exploring balance on the bumpy surface. This is a great park to spend a picnic at because of the adjacent soft surfaced splash pad.
