Monkmoor Recreation Ground
🏟 Playground & park · Monkmoor, Shrewsbury
Monkmoor Recreation Ground
A large Monkmoor recreation ground with separate infant and older-children play areas alongside tennis, football, bowls and croquet facilities.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 Open daily, dawn to dusk · Free · No booking needed
📍 Location & directions
🗺️ Show map ▾
Address: Racecourse Crescent, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, SY2 5BP
Plus Code: 9C4VP769+92
About Monkmoor Recreation Ground
Monkmoor Recreation Ground is a substantial sports and play site on Racecourse Crescent in the Monkmoor area of Shrewsbury, managed by Shrewsbury Town Council, which took over its running in 2012. The grounds combine formal sports facilities with play provision for different age groups. There is an infant and junior play area laid on a woodchip surface, plus a separate play area aimed at older children of roughly ten to fourteen years set on a grass-mat surface, giving families with a mix of ages somewhere to spend time together. Around the play areas the recreation ground offers a wide spread of sport: tennis courts including floodlit courts, two senior football pitches with changing rooms, croquet lawns, a floodlit bowling green, a floodlit all-weather multi-sport area and a kick-about space. It is a well-established community hub for the east side of Shrewsbury, suited to a morning in the playground followed by a game on the open grass. Opening hours for the grounds are not formally published, so the site is best treated as open daylight hours.
⭐ What makes this place special
- tennis courts (some floodlit)
- senior football pitches with changing rooms
- croquet lawns
- floodlit bowling green
- floodlit multi-sport all-weather area
- kick-about area
🏞 Facilities
- Free entry
- Parking: True
- Play surface: Woodchip (infant/junior); grass mat (junior/senior)
🧒 Ages & play
- Ages: Infant, junior and 10-14 years
- infant/junior play equipment on woodchip surface
- junior/senior (10-14) play equipment on grass mat surface
- teenager play area
📍 Nearby places to play
- Castle Walk Recreation Ground & Play Area · approx 0.3 miles · Castlefields
- Sydney Avenue Play Area · approx 0.4 miles · Ditherington / Sydney Avenue
- Greenfields Recreation Ground · approx 0.9 miles · Greenfields
Explore more:
❓ Frequently asked questions
Is Monkmoor Recreation Ground free to use?
Yes, the recreation ground and its play areas are free public facilities managed by Shrewsbury Town Council.
Are there play areas for different ages?
Yes, there is an infant and junior play area on a woodchip surface and a separate play area for older children of around ten to fourteen on a grass-mat surface.
What sports facilities are available?
The ground has tennis courts (some floodlit), football pitches with changing rooms, croquet lawns, a floodlit bowling green and a floodlit all-weather multi-sport area.
Is there parking?
Yes, the recreation centre on Racecourse Crescent has parking.
Who manages Monkmoor Recreation Ground?
It is managed by Shrewsbury Town Council, which took over its running in 2012.