Area: Southwest Pickering

Age Range: 18 months and up
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Parking: limited street parking off Stonebridge Lane

Ground Cover:  mulch

Main Equipment:

• 5 slides
• 1 swing
• 1 infant swing
• 1 fireman pole
• multiple climbing apparatus

Accessibility Features: none

Facilities/Other:

• 1 softball diamond

Surrounding Park Area: a green space hill beside the playground with the softball diamond behind it

Seating: 2 park benches facing the playground

Shade: no shade over the playground, plenty of shade in the surrounding trees


Overall assessment: A park that allows you to watch a game of softball and keep an eye on the kids at the playground (although if you are a heavy hitter perhaps stick to a different softball field as the 'outfield' here is pointed directly at the playground!). There are plenty of monkey bars and climbing opportunities to hone balancing skills at this little playground. 

Area: Central Oshawa

Age Range: 18 months and up

Parking: 
Weekday: limited street parking off Laval Drive
Weekend: parking lot at College Hill public school off of Laval Street 

Ground Cover:  sand

Main Equipment:

• 4 metal slides
• 2 swings
• 2 infant swings
• 2 rock climbing walls (1 for toddlers)
• 1 fireman pole
• 1 set of talking tubes
• multiple climbing apparatus

Accessibility Features: none

Facilities/Other:

• 1 soccer pitch
• 1 softball diamond

Surrounding Park Area: a lot of green field space surrounding the park

Seating: 1 park bench facing the playground

Shade: no shade over the playground, but plenty of shade provided by the surrounding trees


Overall assessment: From the balancing toadstools, to the monkey bars, to the multiple climbing challenges, this is another great climbing playground that would be great for a game of grounders! Bring your fireman hat as this park also has a rarely spotted firepole!

Area: South Oshawa

Age Range: 5 yrs and up

Parking:  Two parking lots located off Emerald Ave and oxford Street (bus stop on oxford W side of park)

Ground Cover: sand

Main Equipment:

• 4 slides (2 spiral)
• 2 swings
• 2 infant swings
• 1 rubber bouncer
• 1 fireman pole
• 1 elephant rocker
• climbing apparatus

Accessibility Features: none

Facilities/Other:

• Clubhouse
• Splash Pad
• Soccer field
• Baseball diamond
• Basketball net (single)

Surrounding Park Area: Lots of fields and hills around park and some trees to the east.

Seating: 5 park benches

Shade:  'Shade Shack' and some surrounding tree shade


Overall assessment: There is a lot to climb at this park for older kids. Smaller kids can access the one spiral slide on their own, but I would recommend tons of supervision for smaller kids playing in the park. There is a nice shaded area with benches for parents as well as tons of open space to have a picnic on a blanket. 

Area:   Central Bowmanville

Age Range: 2 to 12 years

Parking:  small parking lot off of Park Drive

Ground Cover: wood chips, sand under the swings

Main Equipment:

• 2 swings
• 2 infant swings
• 2 slides
• 1 rock climbing wall
• 1 fireman pole
• multiple climbing apparatus

Accessibility Features: none

Facilities/Other:

• Splash Pad
• 2 baseball diamonds
• clubhouse and washrooms (seasonal hours)
• large picnic shelter

Surrounding Park Area: a large green field between the sports fields around the park 

Seating: 2 park benches

Shade: some shade from small surrounding trees, large picnic shelter beside the splash pad offers plenty of shade but little seating

Overall assessment: A great little park to entertain the kids at this summer, especially if you have older kids who want to play or are playing baseball!