Bannerman Park

Great municipal park close to downtown area. Over the last 5 yrs or so major work has been done to upgrade the park which includes a Playground, Splash pad, Softball Pitch, outdoor swimming pool, Bandstand and an amazing outdoor skating loop. The park is well lit and we'll maintained and includes a number of sculptures and memorials both old and new.

The park first opened in 1891 so as you can imagine it has lots of large mature trees.

The park is located adjacent to the newly restored "Colonial Building" which was the site of the Newfoundland Parliament before Confederation and the original house of Assembly after confederation.

Across the street is the location of Government House the home of the Lt Governor and it is a very short walk to St. Thomas Anglican Church an amazing old wooden church that predates the St. John's great fire that destroyed most of the downtown.

On a person note as a young boy who attended Bishop Field Boys school on Bond St which is close by I spent considerable time in the park during school lunch break... playing tag on the monkey bars, collecting chestnuts from the parts trees and playing touch football.

Bannerman Park is worth the trip so check it out.