Playground
📍 Harehills, Yorkshire
Free outdoor playground in Harehills featuring swings, slides, roundabouts, and see-saws across a spacious layout. Lacks accessible equipment — families with disabled children will need two adults to assist on most apparatus.
Very spacious to keep the social distancing rule
🏆 Family Action Verdict
Best for mobile children who can use standard playground apparatus independently. The spacious layout suits families wanting room to spread out. Families with disabled children will find most equipment inaccessible without two adults present — a single parent with multiple children will struggle.
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💬 What Families Are Saying
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Ctina Ajet
5 years ago
“Very spacious to keep the social distancing rule”
pretheesh varghese
2 years ago
“Quiet and nice park.”
Kevin Vickers
4 years ago
“Used to be on this park EVERY DAY when I was a young 'un. Playground back in the 60's & 70's was in a different place to where it is now. It had a high 'Big Slide' with a safety top to stop people falling off as it was quite high up. Used to slide down with a candle behind me, making it like a Toboggan run (very fast slide). Those were the days. Unfortunately because of selfish Vandals (some of who I knew personally!!), the play area was emptied and a new area built near the bottom of the park where there was a Bowling Green and Tennis courts. Happy days and weekends we had though. I cut through the park every day to get to Compton road and pass an old square stone which myself and a friend (George Lawrencine) used as Cricket Stumps. George is a Doctor now, so I don't get to see him anymore. Sad really. Lots of happy memories I have of Harehills Park. Kev Vickers. 👁️👁️👁️😄😄😄”
Johanna Abbott
4 years ago
“No accessible play equipment, so not good for families with disabled children. It was a 2 person job to enable the disabled child to use the roundabout and see-saw, no chance using the slide or swings. Only baby swings available. Not easy for a single mum with 2 children. Disabled child would have just been sat in the wheel chair had I not been there to assist. It's about time that accessible equipment was provided at ALL parks to enable disabled children with single parents to be able to have a fun time and not feel left out.”
Reviews from Google
Overview
This Harehills playground offers traditional equipment in a spacious setting — swings, slides, roundabouts, and see-saws with room to spread out. Free entry and open access make it a convenient local spot. Accessible equipment is absent: the roundabout and see-saw require two adults to assist a disabled child, and only baby swings are available. Reviewers have called for a full renovation given years of reported neglect.
