Wharton Park — Attraction in City of Durham

Wharton Park has so much to offer for a city park and is set on 3 levels.

It is in a great location with the railway station a short walk away and a 10 minute walk from the city centre. It has a small paid carpark and is flanked on both sides by paid on street parking at 40p per half hour a short walk away.

The cafe is modern and is on the top level next to the small car park with internal and external seating. The toilets are well maintained. The building has adjacent rooms offering activities during term time.

There is an outdoor gym opposite the car park and a playing field.

The younger children's playground is next to the cafe with CCTV protection. Rubber flooring helps protect the children when playing. Seating is provided for adults to watch their children play.

On the second level is an open theatre which has performances during summer.

On the bottom level there is a playground for older children partially surrounded by a wall. It also includes a fenced basketball court and a well maintained community garden. This level also has access to paid on street parking.

The park has amazing views of the cathedral. Plenty of seating & areas to explore. Children can even hunt dinosaurs.

It's clean and well maintained and has plenty of areas to relax if you want some...

Great park in the heart of Durham, literally on top of the train station. Outstanding views of the cathedral!! Car park is tiny so i can imagine in the summer months would be a struggle to find a space. Parking costs 50p per half an hour. There are 3 separate parks, one to the left of the car park with outdoors gym exercise machines, few picnic tables and a stone type of monument. To the right of the car park there is a small play ground with a climbing wall, a roundabout, some swings. There is also a coffee shop with toilets. There is plenty of garden routes to walk around, a communal garden and another play area but for older kids. There is a climbing tower with an insanely sharp slide, I saw a kid fly over the slide and hurt themselves. There is also a 5 a side / basketball court and an outdoors small car track to drive around!! It feels like this old park had been perfectly redesigned for the 21 century....

Parking costs 50 pence per half hour, disabled badge holders are not exempt from parking charges and the ticket machine doesn’t appear to give change. A beautiful park with lots to see, including sculptures, formal gardens, woodland and insect garden areas, a community garden and good children’s play areas. As to be expected from a town with so many hills there are lots of steps and steep areas on the footpaths so not ideal for those with mobility difficulties, but it is wheelchair accessible and there is plenty of seating to have a rest in lovely surroundings. Lots of people in other reviews have talked about the spectacular views of the castle, cathedral and town, the views are lovely but it’s just a little too far away and there are too many trees in the way for the views to be truly spectacular and I visited in October when there was considerably less foliage than there would be at other times...