Wandle Park — Attraction in London

A new park to us one we hadn't previously visited, their car park was closed usually a 3 hour limit for this small car park the toilets when we visited were only accessible through the cafe area - ice creams and drinks were being sold from the kiosk but the cafe was otherwise closed you could therefore only access the toilets if someone with you showed proof of ID at the kiosk. This park has a play area which seemed very popular with children the climbing ropes were more suited to older children and not for the faint hearted and there is also a sand pit a large slide and swings too. There are some outside seating around the pathways of the park they could do with some picnic seating we took a large black bin bag for our rubbish which we took home afterwards. The park seemed clean and tidy with none of the horrendous littering which is sadly happening in so many outdoor open spaces. Parking therefore only currently available on surrounding residential roads which I believe is meter paid for parking our visit was on a Sunday. This park is relatively well tucked away not well sign posted unless of course you travel by tram or are local to the area you may easily miss it. Our initial concern was toilet facilities as when we first arrived the kiosk serving ice creams was closed and there did not appear to be any signs for available toilets which would be a problem especially for young families. Maybe after the covid pandemic eases the cafe will be open to the public and accessibility to the toilet facilities won't be an issue. As far as we could see there are 2 entrances/exits to the park one from the tramstop namely Wandle Park tramstop and one on Cornwall Road. There is a large lawn area and also a skateboard ramp and tennis courts. This appears to be a...

This park is so nice now compare to what it used to be. They really developed it greatly, it has a lovely and diverse playing area for kids of all ages, that also include a skate park area, there even is a a ping pong table at disposition. It only misses some gym equipment as such as bike and rowing machine like you see in other parks all around the UK. Haven't tryed the small café shop there yet but definitely will do, its right by the playing area for young kids. Its a great place to just relax and unwind in Croydon as it fairly quiet with beautiful view of that purple tower in Croydon. Bringing back to life the Wandle River at its best and offer a great place for a walk along it with some beautiful features as such as a small stone wall and a strand where they had some theatre playing, definitely need more animation like this in the area. Different gym are also organising classes there at weekends. Really easy to get to, it has a tram stop to Wimbledon and Beckenham Junction. A massive sainsbury is just a few minute...

Used to live here just before all of the upgrade works and wanted to bring my daughter as we were in the area. Was pleased to see that work had been done on the river and lake but unfortunately both were completely overgrown. The grasses and plants look nice but there is very little water to be seen. We enjoyed some lovely saxophone music at the bandstand and stayed for quite some time. Most of the play equipment was a little big for my 4 year old but she really enjoyed the sandpit. The cafe was closed when we visited, as was the small car park but luckily as it was a sunday we could park for free on a nearby road. The walk around the park was nice and a good length for little legs. It was nice to see a group playing cricket and lots of people accessing the skate park. Everyone we met and spoke to were lovely and really friendly, definitely a good atmosphere...