Lochee Park
🏟 Playground & park · Lochee, Dundee
Lochee Park
Lochee's 25-acre park, gifted by the Cox jute family in 1890, with a fenced play area including inclusive equipment, an outdoor gym and open sports ground.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 Open public park, accessible year-round; no stated closing hours. · Free · No booking needed
About Lochee Park
Lochee Park is a well-used green space in the Lochee district of west Dundee, given to the community in 1890 by the Cox Brothers, the jute manufacturers who built much of the area, and it remains one of the city's venues for the annual fireworks display. Covering around 25 acres of mostly flat open ground, it is designed for active recreation, with sports pitches, a bowling green and a pavilion alongside its family facilities. The fenced children's play area offers a good spread of equipment, including junior, cradle, rope and basket swings, a multiplay unit with slides, a climbing pyramid, a dragonfly seesaw, spring rockers and play panels, plus an inclusive wheelchair-accessible roundabout and a dish roundabout, all laid on wetpour and bark surfacing with gated access and a youth shelter nearby. An adjacent outdoor gym with a high pulley, stepper, spinning bike, elliptical trainer and pendulum-and-twister station extends the active offer for teenagers and adults. Toilets are available at the park pavilion, there is parking on site, and the park is free to enter and open year-round. Dogs are welcome in the wider park but not inside the fenced play area.
⭐ What makes this place special
- Outdoor gym (high pulley, stepper, spinning bike, elliptical trainer, pendulum and twister)
- Sports pitches / open playing fields
- Bowling green
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables and benches
🏞 Facilities
- Free entry
- Parking: Yes – parking at the park (shown on the park map).
- Toilets on site
- Play surface: Play area uses a mix of wetpour rubber and play bark surfacing.
- Accessibility: The play area includes an inclusive wheelchair roundabout and is fenced with gated access; the park is largely flat open ground suited to active recreation.
- Dogs: Dogs welcome in the wider park but not inside the fenced play area (No Dog signage).
🧒 Ages & play
- Junior, cradle, rope and basket swings
- Inclusive wheelchair roundabout and dish roundabout
- Dragonfly seesaw
- Climbing pyramid
- Multiplay unit with slides
- Spring rockers
- Play panels
- Youth shelter
📍 Nearby places to play
- Dudhope Park · approx 1.0 miles · Dudhope / city centre
- Camperdown Country Park · approx 1.3 miles · Camperdown
- Ardler Village Park · approx 1.5 miles · Ardler
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❓ Frequently asked questions
Is Lochee Park free?
Yes. Lochee Park is a free, public park in the Lochee area of Dundee, managed by Dundee City Council and open year-round.
What's in the playground?
The fenced play area has junior, cradle, rope and basket swings, a multiplay unit with slides, a climbing pyramid, a dragonfly seesaw, spring rockers, play panels and an inclusive wheelchair-accessible roundabout.
Is there anything for older children or adults?
Yes. There is an outdoor gym with a high pulley, stepper, spinning bike, elliptical trainer and pendulum-and-twister station, plus open sports ground and a bowling green.
Are there toilets and parking?
Toilets are available at the Lochee Park Pavilion and there is parking at the park.
Where is Lochee Park?
It is on Ancrum Road in the Lochee district of west Dundee, postcode DD2 2HT.