A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for the use of skateboarding, BMX and scooter use.
Sites with this facility:
- Holland Park
- Rushell Playing Fields
- Oak Park Open Space
- Leighswood Nature Reserve
- King George V Playing Fields
- Reedswood Park
- Leamore Park
- Willenhall Memorial Park
- George Rose park
- Walsall Arboretum
- Doe Bank Park has a BMX track only
Cost - free to use
No booking required, but please be considerate of others if it is busy.
A splash pad or spray pool is a recreation area, often in a public park, for water play that has little or no standing water.
Sites with this facility:
- Walsall Arboretum
- King George V Playing Fields
- Willenhall Memorial Park
Cost - free to use
No booking required, but please be considerate of others if it is busy.
Opening Times
Splash pads are normally open from Jun- - August each year
11am to 5pm weekends and school holidays.
11am - 3pm weekdays between Whitsun and summer holidays.
All opening times are weather dependent!
Splash Pads are currently closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It's never been easier to enjoy and experience free tennis courts and fun and affordable coaching for kids, adults and families.
Thanks to a partnership between the LTA, Walsall Council and On The Edge Tennis, you can try free and affordable tennis. Whatever your age, whether you’re a beginner, a bit rusty or pretty ace on the court, tennis is a great sport for the whole family to enjoy. It’s never been easier to try it out and meet up with friends and neighbours from within the community. Community sessions and coaching are available.
You can book individual tennis sessions by following the links for each facility listed below.
Cost - free to use.
No booking required, but to be sure of being able to play, book your court. Signs are at each venue to clarify anyone showing a relevant booking has preference.
Walsall Council manage many sites with bowls greens that are available to book. Some of these greens are booked per year by community clubs who have been there for some time and have first refusal on the booking each year. However, there are other greens that can be booked per single game. Please call or contact us by email stating your needs and we will try to find a suitable venue
Sites with bookable bowls greens:
- Anchor Meadow
- Oak Park
- Palfrey park
- Pelsall Village Common
- Pleck Park
- Walsall Arboretum
- Willenhall Memorial Park
How to book - please call Healthy Spaces team on 01922 650465, or contact us by email.
Orienteering is a challenging outdoor adventure sport that exercises both the mind and the body. The aim is to navigate between control points marked on a map and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, as you can run, walk or jog the course and progress at your own pace.
The following parks and green spaces have orienteering courses mapped within them.
Barr Beacon
- Map 1 - Course A - a short beginner's course, 1.2km long
- Map 2 - Course B - a medium beginner's course, 2.6km long
- Map 3 - Course C - a short, trickier course, 1.3km long
- Map 4 - Course D - a medium, trickier course, 3.0km long
- Map 5a - Course E - long, difficult course, 3.7km long
- Map 5b - Course F - long, difficult course, 3.2km long
Rough Wood Chase
- Map 1 - Course 1 - a short beginner's course, 1.1km long
- Map 2 - Course 2 - a short, easy course, 1.7km long
- Map 3 - Course 3 - a medium difficulty course, 2.4km long
- Map 4 - Course 4 - a medium, trickier course, 1.8km long
- Map 5 - Course 5 - a medium, trickier course, 3.1km long
- Map 6 - Course 6 - a difficult course, 3.2km long
- Map 7 - Course 7 - a difficult, longer course, 4.5km long
- Map 8 - Course 8 - a difficult, longer course, 4.5km long
Fibbersley Local Nature Reserve
Traditional bandstands are available at the following sites:
The council has a number of sites available throughout the borough for anglers.
• Walsall Arboretum Lake
• Barnes Lane Pool
• Beechdale Pool
• Heathfield Lane Pool – managed through local club
• Izaak Walton (Newtown Pool) – managed through local club
• Noose Lane Pool
• Park Lime Pits (Big Pool only)
• Reedswood Pool
• Sneyd Reservoir – managed through local club
• Sneyd School Pool – managed through local club
• Willenhall Memorial Park
For contact information of sites managed through a local club, please contact the Healthy Spaces team on 01922 650465 or send an email so that we can provide contact details for local clubs.
Angling is not allowed at the following sites:
• Clayhanger Lagoon, Clayhanger recreation ground, Brownhills
• Moorcroft Wood Local Nature Reserve, (small pools) off Bull Lane, Moxley
• Park Lime Pits, off Park Road, Rushall, Walsall (small pool)
• Stubbers Green Road, Aldridge (Swan and Swag pools)
Conditions of use for angling
- Fishing can only take place from the banks of the pool with a rod and line
- No night fishing is allowed
- Do not take away or allow anyone to take away any fish caught from the pool
- Do not use keep nets (except in official competitions)
- All litter, damaged fishing tackle, broken lines, unused bait, etc must be taken away with you when you leave
- Do not light any fires
- The use of lead weights is not allowed
- Do not interfere with local wildlife
- Show consideration to other users of the pool and local residents
Walsall Council has several sites with outdoor table tennis tables for the community to come and use. Bring your bats and ball and enjoy this wonderfully skilful game that is suitable for many ages. If people are waiting, please be considerate to allow others a game.
Sites with outdoor table tennis tables:
- Blackwood park
- Holland park
- Walsall Arboretum
Cost - Free to use
No booking required, but please be considerate of others if it is busy.
Walsall Council has provided several sites with Multi-use Games Areas (MUGAs). These are commonly fixed pieces of equipment on either grass or hard-standing areas with a multiple layout of sports goals built into them. Commonly, these are football and basketball but can be used and adapted for many sports.
Sites with Multi Use Games Areas:
- Anchor meadow Playing fields
- Blackwood park
- Clayhangar park
- Doebank park
- George Rose park
- Holland park
- High Heath park
- Leamore park
- Leighswood nature reserve
- Palfrey park
- Pelsall North Common
- Pleck park
- Reedswood park
- Shelfield park
- Walsall Arboretum
- Willenhall park
Cost - free to use
No booking required, but please be considerate of others if it is busy.
Walsall Council has provided several sites with children's play areas. These are commonly fixed pieces of equipment enclosed within fencing, on safety surfaces designed for children to play on. Some play areas are focused towards preschool, some towards KS1 and 2 children and some try to provide for both.
Sites with Children’s Play Areas
Arboretum
Aldridge
- Aldridge Airport
- Blackwood Park
- Doe Bank Park
- Leighswood Nature Reserve
- Shire Oak Nature Reserve
- The Croft
- Walsall Wood play area
Brownhills
- Bradbury Park
- Clayhangar Park
- High Heath Park
- Holland Park
- Pelsall North Common
- Rushall playing Fields
- Shelfield Park
Bloxwich
- Croft St Play Area
- King George V playing fields
- Reedswood Park
Darlaston
- George Rose Park
- Kings Hill Park
Palfrey
- Palfrey Park Play Area
- Pleck Park Play Area
Willenhall
Smaller sites with Children's Play Areas
Aldridge
- Coppy Hall Play Area
- Druids Walk Play Area
- Goodwood Drive Play Area
- Redhouse Play Area
- Vigo Rd Play Area
Brownhills
- Cherwell Drive Play Area
- Radleys Play Area
- Ryders Hayes Play Area
- Westgate Play Area
- Whitehorse Road Play Area
- Woodlands Play Area
Bloxwich
- Bloxwich Park Play Area
- Swannies Play Area
- The Lea Play Area
- Mallory Crescent Play Area
- Walkers Bequest Play Area
Darlaston
- Anson Rd Play Area
- Bentley West Play Area
- Broadwaters Play Area
- Curtin Drive Play Area
- Poplar Ave Play Area
- Victoria Park Play Area
Palfrey
- Barley Fields Play Area
- Bescot Crescent Play Area
- Chuckery Green Play Area
- Highgate Park Play Area
- Newquay Rd Play Area
- Primley Park Play Area
- Rutter Street Play Area
- Silverdale Park Play area
- Wood End Road Play Area
Willenhall
- Harlech Road Play Area
- Hartill Recreation Ground Play Area
- Littleton Road Play Area
- Pool Hayes Play Area
- Short Heath Park Play Area
- Ullswater Road Play Area
Cost - free to use
No booking required, but please be considerate of others if it is busy.
We're committed to providing facilities that help us all get fitter and healthier. Across the borough there are a range of parks and countryside sites with outdoor gyms installed for you to be able to use to stay fit and healthy.
Cost - all outdoor gyms are free of charge.
Which sites have outdoor gym equipment?
- Blackwood Park
- Curtain Drive Play area
- Doe Bank Park
- George Rose Park
- High Heath Park
- Holland Park
- King's Hill Park
- Palfrey Park
- Reedswood Park
- Rushall Playing Fields
- Shortheath Park
- Willenhall Memorial Park
There’s no need to book to use the gyms, just turn up and follow your workout on the range of equipment at each park.
How do I use them safely?
We have developed some informative videos on how to use all items of outdoor gym equipment safely, as well as a range of body weight exercises if the gym equipment is not for you or not in your local park. Please follow the links from the instructional videos section.
What equipment is available on which site.
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Woodend road play area
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Rushall Playing Fields
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Please select the video below for the piece of equipment you are thinking of using. Always remember to warm up by doing 3 to 10 minutes of aerobic activity to get your heart rate up and some simple stretches.
We have developed a range of bodyweight exercises that can be performed without the outdoor gym equipment and with the aid of benches to keep yourself, fit, active and healthy.
1 - Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Squats
2 - Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Push-ups
3 - Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Glute Bridge
4 – Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Lunges
5 - Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Forearm Plank
6 - Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Bird-dog
7 - Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Side Lunge
8 – Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Burpee
9 – Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Jumping Jacks
10 – Take a look at this You Tube video to learn how to correctly perform Heel Flicks