British Parks In General

What could be more wonderful on a pleasant afternoon than to go down to your nearest park and take a stroll with a loved one, kick a ball around with some friends or read a book under a quiet tree. I am lucky enough to have several parks in my area and during the day they are usually very nice parks to be in. As the world becomes more and more developed we lose more and more park space to grey sprawling jungles. Im not against progress and urbanisation after all we all need places to live, i just hope that as the population grows we can somehow keep the large majorities of our natural spaces. Unfortunately i dont think this will be the ...  Read the complete review

The best move I ever made was moving to a poor part of the city. The council have ploughed so much money into this area that we have the pick of the nicest parks you can imagine. First up, the new one down the road has a huge sand-pit, two slides, a bridge, a climbing frame and a basketball hoop. I am so chuffed with it it's amazing! I took my two year old there dead early the other day (around 8am), to avoid the crowds, and boy did we have fun! There are a handful of parks within easy walking distance to me, and I have to say that they're all great. The equipment doesn't get wrecked, and there isn't dog poo everywhere. Sure, you have to look out ...  Read the complete review

The nearest park to me is Hyde Park, or Woodhouse Moor. Its not that large a park, in fact you can walk through it in about 5 minutes, but it is very pretty and its nice to have a green space so close in a big city - Leeds. The nicest thing about it is the tree covered walk through the middle of it, its a good piece of landscaping on the part of whoever planted them, and is lovely in winter, especially when its all frosty. Theres a skate park which is used every day by local skaters and bmxers. I think this is a great facility as it keeps all the kids off the playground so the smaller kids can have their own space in the ...  Read the complete review

Most towns and cities are blessed with pars i some form or other so I thought I would write about a couple of my favourite ones. Abingdon Park in Northampton is my favourite in my home town, a nice large tree lined park close to the town centre it has some lovely large oak trees withing its grounds and is a nice place to relax on a summers day, thre are plenty of shops near by the pick up drinks and it is also nice to cycle through, it has some nice large grass areas for kids to play as well as a play area. The only downside is that it has been victim to a bit of vandalism in the past and is probably not somewhere I would go at night as there are blokes cruising and the ...  Read the complete review

Parks in this country can vary so much from one area to the next but you can almost always guarantee that at night time the teens will come out their hiding places and gather around the swings and slides trying to cause havoc. For some reason they have this overwhelming urge to deface and break the equipment so that the smaller children can't enjoy the parks to their full advantage. I understand that things are a little boring and there isn't much to keep them entertained these days but I don't understand why they find it amusing to spoil it for the younger ones. When I was a teen (I'm only 27 years old so it wasn't that long a go) I would have never have dreamt of ...  Read the complete review