Walsall Arboretum
🏟 Playground & park · Walsall town centre, Walsall
Walsall Arboretum
Walsall's historic 170-acre Victorian park in the town centre, with an accessible children's play area, a summer splash pad, a skate park and lakes.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week · Free · No booking needed
📍 Location & directions
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Address: Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS4 2BU
Plus Code: 9C4WH2QH+HC
About Walsall Arboretum
Walsall Arboretum is the borough's flagship green space, a 170-acre Victorian park laid out around Hatherton Lake at the heart of Walsall town centre and managed by Walsall Council. First opened in 1874, it combines heritage landscape with modern family facilities. The children's play area includes inclusive equipment such as a wheelchair-accessible roundabout and an accessible nest swing, and sits alongside a popular water-play splash pad that runs on weekends, school holidays and bank holidays through the summer, from 11am to 5pm. Older children and teenagers have a free-to-use skate park, a multi-use games area and free table tennis tables. Beyond play, the Arboretum offers a bandstand, boathouse, fishing lake, bowling greens, a cricket pitch, football pitches and tennis courts, with a cafe and visitor centre on site. Access is excellent, with hard, flat tarmac paths at least 1100mm wide, over sixty benches, accessible duck-feeding platforms and fishing pegs, disabled toilets and blue badge parking. Free car parks lie at the Arboretum extension on Broadway North and The Crescent. It is one of the most complete days out for families in Walsall.
⭐ What makes this place special
- Hatherton Lake
- Bandstand
- Boathouse
- Visitor centre
- Fishing lake
- Bowling greens
🏞 Facilities
- Free entry
- Parking: Free car parks at the Arboretum extension on Broadway North and The Crescent, with three blue badge bays at the visitor centre; paid parking near the town-centre entrances
- Toilets on site
- Café / refreshments
- Accessibility: Hard, flat tarmac paths at least 1100mm wide, over 60 benches, accessible roundabout and nest swing in the play area, accessible splash pad, duck-feeding platforms and fishing pegs; visitor centre reached via a gentle slope
🧒 Ages & play
- Children's play area
- Wheelchair-accessible roundabout
- Accessible nest swing
- Splash pad (seasonal)
- Skate park
- Multi-use games area
- Table tennis tables
📍 Nearby places to play
- Palfrey Park · approx 1.1 miles · Palfrey
- Reedswood Park · approx 1.5 miles · Reedswood
- Pleck Park · approx 1.5 miles · Pleck
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❓ Frequently asked questions
Is Walsall Arboretum free?
Yes. Walsall Arboretum is a free public park managed by Walsall Council, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What's in the playground?
There is a children's play area with inclusive equipment including a wheelchair-accessible roundabout and an accessible nest swing. Alongside it are a seasonal splash pad, a free skate park, a multi-use games area and free table tennis tables.
Are there toilets and a cafe?
Yes. There are toilets including disabled toilets, with two wheelchair-accessible toilets at the visitor centre, and a cafe on site.
Where is Walsall Arboretum?
It is on Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS4 2BU, at the heart of Walsall town centre.
Is there parking?
Yes. There are free car parks at the Arboretum extension on Broadway North and The Crescent, with three blue badge bays at the visitor centre. Paid parking is available near the town-centre entrances.