Thornbury Park — Attraction in Thornbury Township

Fantastic park with playgrounds, open space, ball fields, bathrooms and trails. The playground has handicap access and two handicapped accessible swings. There are two large playground sets, two sets of swingsets, and several small playground equipment including a tire swing. There is a very large sandpile for kids with lots of sandbox toys on the pile. The park has nice clean bathrooms. There is a "little free library" where you can take a or leave books. The park has a picnic pavilion (no stand barbacue grills provided) and a gazibo. The park has softball and a soccer/football fields, tennis courts and wide open field as well as a natural field near the woods. The park has a paved half mile trail around the park with a exercise station with parallel bars, pull up bar, sit-up bench and push-up bars. It has a quarter mile six foot wide dirt trail that is well marked and runs through the woods. There is a path around the open field that is popular with walkers. There is also a unmarked single-track trail off the norhteast corner of the field that goes through the woods and comes out on Derry Drive where the trail has a trail marker. The park holds an annual fishing derby, live music, movies, safety expo and the annual Founders Day celebration. About my only complaint is the lack of bird houses (the one I did see was...

This was a big surprise to me. I have lived within 8 miles of this park for 42 years and did not know it existed. What a delightful surprise. It's large and laid out well. It has a wonderful children's playground with an extra-large sand area with large toy trucks to play in the sand. There was a basketball court, beautiful lawns, and an expansive community gazebo. Everything was well-maintained. A nice place to relax and enjoy the surroundings. I'm happy I was turned onto to this beautiful park...

Beautiful park. Great play ground. Great baseball field. Awesome track for you to bike, walk, or run. Great for little kids. Lots of parking. Good basketball courts. Sand box for the little kids with toys. Lots of open land and field. The township also holds great events here that are open to the public. They even have fireworks there for the holidays in the summer. Conveniently at the intersection of Glen Mills Road and Thornton Road. Also has...