Central Park

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Address

Park Crescent
Peterborough PE1 4DX

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Opening Times

Daily from dawn to dusk (times vary seasonally). Facilities such as the café, paddling pool, and sports amenities have separate opening hours.

Cost to Enter

Free admission; charges apply for some sports facilities and special events.

Phone Number

01733 747474

Email

ask@peterborough.gov.uk

Accessibility

Step-free access via main entrances, surfaced pathways suitable for wheelchairs, accessible toilets, and seating areas throughout the park.

Central Park is Peterborough’s most prestigious public park and a long-time Green Flag award winner, offering a delightful mix of formal gardens, play zones, sensory spaces, sports facilities, and a café—all situated just north of the city centre.

This inviting green oasis features a sunken garden and sensory garden with fragrant plantings, a paddling pool and sandpit for younger visitors, an aviary, bowling greens, croquet lawn, hard and grass tennis courts, outdoor gym, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and jogging paths—all in a beautifully mature landscaped setting.

Park history goes back to when it opened by subscription in Easter 1877, before the council took stewardship on a 999-year lease in 1908. A charming highlight: the park is home to “Jimmy the Donkey,” a WWI mascot buried on site, with a plaque marking the spot.

Facilities:

  • Sunken & sensory gardens
  • Adventure playground, paddling pool, sandpit
  • Aviary and picnic areas
  • Sports facilities: tennis, bowling, croquet, outdoor gym, volleyball, table tennis, football
  • The Willow Café (open year-round)
  • Public toilets, including accessible facilities

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