The Lowdown on the Playground:

This is a neat park with a lot to do for medium size. There is plenty of nice green space and great climbing trees along the pathway from the north. There are no swings at this park, which was sad for my littlest one, but her older brother loved it. It must be the season because there were so many bees we had to cut our visit short. Without the insect inconvenience, I would give this one 4/5.

Park: 

Double straight plastic slide
Large spiral slide
Monkey Bars Stairs and slotted wall for climbing
Wood chip bottom

Swings: 

N/A

Benches: 

3 in partial shade

Grass: 

Plenty of grass area surrounding

Sports: 

1 Baseball diamond

Washrooms: 

N/A

Parking: 

Street only

 

The Lowdown on the Playground:

Tot lot is apt I suppose. I was expecting more than one tiny structure. I have more for my kids to play on in my back yard that at this park. The grounds weren't well kept and there was only one bench. Not a fan of this one - 2/5.

Toddler Park:

Small Metal slide
Easy climber
Sand bottom

Swings: 

2 Toddler swings
2 standard swings

Benches: 

1 bench, partial shade

Grass: 

Plenty of grass area surrounding playground

Sports: 

N/A

Washrooms: 

N/A

Parking: 

N/A

Russet Park, Oshawa

  

The Lowdown on the Playground:

This park would be great for kids 5+ but was too difficult for my 3-year-old. There are no slides, but a fantastic climbing structure and a pretty cool music station. Something different if your kids are tired of the same old park. I'm giving it a 5/5 for originality.

Parking:

yes

Benches:

4 (Plenty of shade)

Park:

Rope walls, rock wall, suspended tunnel rings, and spinning rings. Music station. Merry-go-round type ride.

Swings:

2 normal
2 toddler

Sports:

Soccer field adjacent

Washrooms:

N/A

Map:

Don Beer Memorial Park - Brougham (North Pickering)

  
 

The Lowdown on the Playground:

This is the new park that replaced the one taken out by the 407. They put in a Panem ready baseball field and an awesome playground. It's 100% better than the old park I went to as a kid. My son loved playing on the playground and the atmosphere was great for the adults watching. The harness swing need maintenance, and for that reason I am only giving it a 4.5/5.

The Lowdown on the Playground:

Older Kid Structure:

Younger Kid Structure:

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Parking: 

Seating: 

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Sports: 

Swings: 

The Lowdown on the Playground:

The layout was a bit strange with having the one swingset far off to the side and the toddler swings were over with the older kids playground instead of the toddler park. My son was particularly fond of the small retaining wall and playing in the sand. I brought my six-year-old niece and she really liked the saucer swing

For a medium sized park it was ok.

Toddler Park:

Metal slide
Small curved plastic slide
3 individual spring rides
Stairs and 2 bar ladders for climbing
Sand bottom

Kid park: 

Double straight plastic slide
Large spiral slide
Monkey Bars Stairs and slotted wall for climbing
Wood chip bottom

Swings: 

3 Toddler swings located in kid park
2 standard swings located on separate sand area roughly 100 feet from toddler park
1 Saucer swing located next to standard swings

Benches: 

1 with kid area
2 tree-shaded with toddler area
1 with swing area

Grass: 

Plenty of grass area to the west of the playground

Sports: 

2 sand Baseball diamonds beyond the grass to the west with small set of bleachers

Washrooms: 

N/A

Parking: 

Street only