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Greenfield Park

8/25/2017

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Area: East Whitby

Age Range: 18 months and up
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Parking: limited street parking on Greenfield Crescent (although we did park at the Passport Office building and walked over)

Ground Cover:  sand

Main Equipment:
  • 3 slides 
  • 1 swing
  • 1 infant swing
  • 1 sand scoop digger
  • 1 stationary car climber
  • multiple climbing apparatus

Accessibility Features: none

Facilities/Other:
  • none

Surrounding Park Area: a small green space behind the playground 

Seating: 1 park bench facing the play structure (not the swings)

Shade: no shade over the playground, some shade in the surrounding trees


Overall assessment: A hidden neighborhood park that is perfect for the kids to burn off some steam. If you have someone who loves to dig sand, this is a good spot to go to! We greatly appreciated the fact that this park is literally right behind the Whitby Passport office (in case someone has to go there and there is a looooong boring wait for the kids).
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Vanier Park

6/29/2017

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Area: Central Whitby

Age Range: 18months and up

Parking:  some street parking on the North side of the park at the end of Vanier Street

Ground Cover:  wood chips

Main Equipment:
  • 2 swings
  • 2 infant swings
  • 2 slides
  • 2 sand scoop diggers
  • 1 huge pyramid climber
  • 1 doughnut spinner
  • 1 rock climbing wall
  • 1 zip line

Accessibility Features:  one sand scoop digger

Facilities/Other:
  • see Vanier Park Splash Pad post

Surrounding Park Area: open green space and some small surrounding trees

Seating: two benches facing the playground, additional rock seating around the park

Shade: none over the playground itself, small shade pavilion over two benches facing the playground and splash pad

Overall assessment: A great park for a day trip because there is a splash pad right beside it! Definitely a park meant to entertain older kids with plenty of climbing and a nice long zip line.
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Darren Park

5/11/2015

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Area: North Whitby

Installed: 2010

Age Range: toddler and up

Parking:  parking lot off of Darren Ave

Ground Cover: mulch with one sand area

Main Equipment:
  • 2 swings
  • 2 infant swings
  • 2 accessible bucket swings
  • rope climbing apparatus
  • 7 stone climbing sculptures + canoe! (did we mention there is a canoe?)
  • 2 rockers
  • 2 scoop diggers
  • 1 metal small slide
  • 1 teeter rocker
  • 1 saucer swing
  • 2 sand play tables

Accessibility Features: 2 bucket seat swings, 1 saucer swing, chair teeter rocker, 1 accessible scoop digger, accessible music station, accessible sand play table peninsulas

Facilities/Other:
  • Splash Pad
  • soccer field
  • basketball court
  • paved bike path

Surrounding Park Area: A small paved bike path circling the park and green space, soccer field, and Splash Pad

Seating: 11 park benches and a small rock circle sitting area

Shade: no shade on the park, but some shade offered from a pavilion over a few benches

Overall assessment: Very toddler friendly playground with a great sand area.  A lot of climbing features for the older kids that are very unique.
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Peel Park

5/8/2015

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Area: Central Whitby

Age Range: 2 and up

Parking:  large parking lot off of Trent Street for the playground and splash pad, and parking lot off of Burns Street for the sports fields

Ground Cover: mulch

Main Equipment:
  • 4 swings
  • 2 infant swings
  • 2 metal slides
  • 1 rock climbing sculpture
  • rock climbing course
  • 3 sand diggers *with attached water feature
  • multiple spinners
  • multiple rockers

Accessibility Features: spinner, climbing course lower elements, sand digger

Facilities/Other:
  • Splash Pad
  • Washrooms (hours 9:00am to 9:00pm first week of May to first week of October)
  • 3 tennis courts
  • 3 baseball diamonds
  • lacrosse box
  • soccer pitch *with lighting until 11:00pm

Surrounding Park Area: this is the largest park renovation in the downtown Whitby area in the last few years and it is definitely worth a trip!  

Seating: 5 park benches, 2 picnic tables with checker/chess boards

Shade: some shade over parts of the playground and shade from the surrounding trees in the field 

Overall assessment: Great climbing park! There is also enough to entertain multiple ages all at once. This park is worth the trip.
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Audley Sportsplex

7/23/2014

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Area: Ajax North

Age Range: infant to 10 years

Parking:  plenty of parking in the adjacent Audley Recreation Centre lot off of Audley Rd and Williamson Dr; there are also accessible parking stalls north of Williamson Dr on Audley Rd right at the entrance to the Sportsplex

Ground Cover: mulch

Main Equipment:
  • 4 swings
  • 4 infant swings
  • 7 slides
  • 1 teeter rocker
  • 2 bouncy vehicles
  • 1 hanging slider
  • 1 scoop digger
  • 1 balance beam

Accessibility Features: scoop digger, talking tubes 

Facilities/Other:
  • 1 basketball court
  • multiple ball diamonds and multi-purpose fields
  • Audley Recreation Centre playground 
  • Splash Pad
  • Audley Recreation Centre skatepark

Surrounding Park Area: located just north of the Audley Recreation Centre with plenty of areas for play; not far from the newer Audley Recreation Centre playground located on the south side of the building

Seating: 7 park benches

Shade: some morning shade on half of the playground

Overall assessment: A great hidden playground with plenty of slides, swings, and places to climb.  This playground tends to be quieter than the newer playground behind the Audley Recreation Centre which is next to a Splash Pad.  The steps up to the play structure are easy for toddlers to access the smaller slides.
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