At the corner of Cook and Hillside there is a ballpark and a really nice playground. I hate to always give the newer playgrounds great reviews but it's hard not to when the equipment is well thought-out, well designed and in great shape.
There are two climbing structures joined in a rough circle by a rope climbing arch on one side and a range of things to climb on or hang from on the other. The whole area is on woodchips. The first side is aimed at the littler kids and features steps, some climbing options and a small tower with a decent length metal slide. The big kid side has lots to climb up onto a higher tower from which there is an even more decent metal slide! It's interesting to note that on this particular type of playground, many of the climbing features are so casually built in that on first inspection the whole structure might appear not to offer as much as it actually does. There are holes or slats to use as climbing aids and handles that would have been added with much more flair in an older design.
The climbing-rope-arch that links the two structures is a real hit with all ages and kids can do very different things on it according to their capabilities; in 'A's case it's to run over, start climbing, slip through, get stuck and holler to be rescued.
There are two gorgeous, in fact maybe the nicest bouncy-things that we have seen and little kids seem to instantly gravitate over to these on arrival. There are also two big kid and two toddler swings slightly apart from the climbing structure.
There are washrooms in this park but they were not open when we visited so I am not sure if they are only open when the baseball field is being used. There are benches, grass and whereas parking on the main roads may be difficult, there is a parking strip to the rear of the baseball field on Higgins Street. Lovely little playground- definitely worth a visit.
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