3 Best Parks in St Albans

“Verulamium Park is an award-winning park that covers 100 acres of wonderful parkland close to the city. The park has an outdoor fitness area, beach volleyball courts, a café, children's facilities, an indoor swimming pool, and a model boating lake. Verulamium Park holds both the Green Heritage and Green Flag Site awards. The park is a popular attraction with many facility centres throughout the year. Verulamium Park hosts many events throughout the year. Verulamium Museum displays hundreds of special objects excavated from the ground. The park also hosts a small children's funfair, held there for 46 years. The park offers free entry to the visitors. Car parking facilities also available at the park.”

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“Clarence Park is a Green Flag awarded park. This is a formal park that covers an area of approximately 3.6 hectares. The park offers an artificial sports surface, bandstand, children’s play area, croquet lawn, sensory garden, sports pitches, teenage outdoor fitness area, Victorian-style cricket pavilion, and tennis courts. Clarence Park has many sports facilities, such as tennis, bowls, cricket, football, and hockey. There are many activities on the playground carefully chosen for toddlers, small and large children. There's a short slide for toddlers, a larger one above a playful tunnel, and a large one coming from the top of a climbing playhouse. Access to the park is available from many entrances, and there is always clear signage indicating when the park opens and closes every day. Clarence Park is open seven days a week throughout the year.”

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“Greenwood Park is a well-maintained public park for kids, including large sports fields and many picnic areas. The park has a triple rope trail, turning bars, two spinner bowls, a double springer horse, a sand activity centre, a toddler multiplay, and a see-saw. Greenwood Park also has an open field area, suitable for various games and activities, with 5-a-side goals, benches and picnic tables, public tennis courts, a cycle path, football and cricket pitches, woodland walks, and wildflower meadows. Greenwood Park has a toddler multiplay activity centre with a climbing frame, slide, and fireman’s pole. There are two swings, including one inclusive seat suitable for children with disabilities.”

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