Beckets Park — Attraction in Great Britain

Kids love this park. Just a shame some parents / dog owners think it acceptable to bring dogs into kids play area, let them poop in kids play area, and let put dogs in swings. It's disgusting as little ones go on then and dogs butt been over them. Then gets angry and swear at parents when they object. But they are all mouth, and soon shut up when you dont back down and make them leave the kids play area. Self fish people. You now have to pay on weekends for the car park, normal rates on Saturdays. £2 all day for Sunday's. We live too far to walk to it, so either pay it or use another park. Nice the council want kids out getting exercise but it's £2 for car park and £6 for an hour for tennis courts. REALLY? Yet you could put cameras up outside Carlsberg to catch illegal turns by cars and make £60 each one, but let's just punish kids instead. People who run the council...

As I basically live across the road from Beckets Park it is a place I visit quite often and it is fairly local to the town centre. Whether it's with my grandson in the play park or feeding the wildlife on the water or watching the squirrels at play or simply walking by the canal and watching the boats go through the lock there, plus its a good place for a picnic when the weather allows. The tennis courts can be quite busy at times and a cafe which opens at various times, also local bicycles can be picked up or returned here. Now there is the new bridge linking from Victoria Promenade lower entrance to the new university buildings. Certainly worth a visit...

Beketts park and the soreounding area used to be unimaginative and ignored about 10 years ago. Avon was and still remains a sore as a commercial buiding within the Park confines. Since putting up the Marina and new UoN Campus buildings the park is now probably the best in the heart of Northampton. Walk along the canal up the curved walk bridge to access the Campus and walk to the Engine Shed SU building on the other side of which is a bridalway connecting to the forest area sorrounding the Delapre resourvior. Walking on the canalside embankment leads to interesting places....