Central Park
🏟 Playground & park · Pennycomequick / Peverell, Plymouth
Central Park
Plymouth's biggest park, with a wooden adventure playground themed on birds, bees and butterflies, plus a zip wire, trampolines and a cafe.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 Open 24 hours · Free · No booking needed
About Central Park
Central Park is Plymouth's largest park, lying about a mile north of the city centre and railway station. Following a nine-million-pound redevelopment, its children's play space was rebuilt in timber in 2018 around a birds, bees and butterflies theme. The playground mixes natural play features with climbing frames and traditional equipment, and has been fitted with trampolines, hammocks and a double zip wire, with sand and water play spread across the area so it suits children of all ages and abilities. The surrounding park offers broad meadows, woodland and playing fields, making it a popular spot for family days out, picnics and dog walks. The Meadow Cafe sits beside the clock tower at the heart of the park and provides refreshments seven days a week, along with free public toilets during opening hours. Free car parking is available on site and regular bus services link the park to the city centre. The park is open 24 hours a day and is free to enter, and it is owned and managed by Plymouth City Council. Dogs are welcome across the wider park but are excluded from the enclosed play area and sports facilities.
⭐ What makes this place special
- Life Centre leisure complex
- Playing fields
- Picnic benches
- Woodland and meadow areas
🏞 Facilities
- Free entry
- Parking: Yes – free car parking on site
- Toilets on site
- Café / refreshments
- Accessibility: Flat tarmac paths through much of the park; natural-play area designed for all ages and abilities
- Dogs: Allowed but excluded from enclosed children's play areas and sports facilities
🧒 Ages & play
- Natural play equipment
- Climbing frames
- Trampolines
- Hammocks
- Double zip wire
- Sand play
- Water play
📍 Nearby places to play
- Mutley Park · approx 0.6 miles · Mutley
- Victoria Park · approx 0.8 miles · Stonehouse / Millbridge
- Hartley Park · approx 0.9 miles · Mannamead / Compton
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❓ Frequently asked questions
Is Central Park free to visit?
Yes. Central Park is owned and managed by Plymouth City Council, is open 24 hours a day and is completely free to enter.
What is in the playground?
The wooden play space, rebuilt in 2018 on a birds, bees and butterflies theme, has natural play equipment, climbing frames, trampolines, hammocks, a double zip wire, and sand and water play for all ages and abilities.
Are there toilets and a cafe?
Yes. The Meadow Cafe by the clock tower is open seven days a week and there are free public toilets there, available during cafe opening hours.
Where is Central Park?
It is at Mayflower Drive, Plymouth PL2 3DG, around a mile north of the city centre and Plymouth railway station.
Is there parking?
Yes. There is free car parking on site, and regular bus services run to the city centre.