Central Park (Harold Hill) — Attraction in London

It's a massive park with wide open fields.

A huge amount of green grassy land and far enough away from the roads to seem quite peaceful.

There is always plenty of space in the carpark, which is free. There are older kids generally to be found in the skate park. The language is definitely not for those with sensitive ears. I've not found the kids to be a problem. I've generally found them friendly enough in their own surly ways. They mostly keep to themselves, but I can understand how some might find some of the kids of putting or even threatening, but I've not had any issues except for the coarse language around small kids.

There's the kids play area, which is very decent.

There's a skate park and BMX track. Basketball court.

There's a food kiosk. Not sure of the hours.

No public loos.

More grass than you can shake a stick at, but not much of it is shaded. Very little.

It never seems crowed. Refreshingly underpopulated really, except for the kids play area, which generally has a good number of...

Lovely park, just a shame the playground is so close to the skate park. Older kids/teenagers go in the skate park, thier behaviour and language is something I believe shouldn't be around younger, impressionable kids, not to mention the drugs and occasional violence in the skate park. I refuse to even go near it which is a shame. I'm better off getting on a bus and taking the kids Raphaels Park. I won't walk my dog down near the skate park either, I stay up around the forest area where I know we're all safe. It's a real shame, before the skate park it was a good place to go. They maybe need to look at how to fix that issue, cctv, regular police patrols and checks. People shouldn't be worried about taking the kids to the park and getting stabbed or seeing someone else get stabbed. I am just being 100% honest in my review. To walk your dog, up the forest area is great but if you wanna take kids to the park then go Raphaels or...

Update; Now that things are returning to normal I am really pleased that they have kept some precautions in place. I appreciate the health suite being members only & look forward to the door entry on the changing room doors working properly. I also like the lanes swimming being separated into different swim speeds. The staff are always friendly and helpful. My only gripe is that I wish more people who use the gym actually took the time to wipe down the equipment when they have finished using it, just as they did when the gym 1st reopened. I have loved going back to the gym & we have been really impressed with the covid precautions that have been put in place. Tbh being able to book the time slots is great, as someone who is very insecure about my level of fitness & bodyshape I like to be able to attend the gym when it's not too busy. The staff are always on hand to help out & are very friendly & approachable if you...