Oakwood Park is situated 3 miles north-east of the city centre, occupying a 27.8 acre plot of the Oakwood Green Wedge. Located off Bishops Drive/Springwood Drive, Oakwood Park is signposted (as Springwood Leisure Centre) from both directions. Ample car parking is located at Springwood Leisure Centre and Oakwood Community Centre both off Springwood Drive.

Children’s Playground

Oakwood Park has a playground to suit both infant and junior children. Benches and litter bins are provided in the immediate area. The playground equipment includes:

    •    infant slide 
    •    junior slide 
    •    infant swings x 4 
    •    junior swings x 4 
    •    climbing frame 
    •    seesaw
    •    springy animals 
    •    round-a-bout

Sports Facilities

• Springwood leisure centre is situated at the south-west corner of the park
• multi-use-games-area – 2 x 5-a-side football courts
• playing fields – 3 x Football pitches
• games wall (used for various sports).

For more information on sporting activities in and around the park, please contact Springwood Leisure Centre on 01332 664433 or telephone the Ranger Service on 01332 367800.
 

Conservation

Oakwood Park has designated areas set aside to encourage wildflower for insects and native deciduous trees have been planted around the perimeter of the park creating ideal habitats for birds and animals alike. A gravel pathway has been provided as a thoroughfare of the park to give improved access in wet conditions and reduce the trampling of grasses and shrubs.

Oakwood Park is the southern most tip of the Oakwood Green Wedge. (A green wedge is an area of open land, which links the countryside and the urban area, maintains the identities of separate areas and reduces the impression of urban sprawl). Also included in the Green Wedge is Chaddesden Wood. This site is important as it is the only large area of woodland containing a high proportion of native broad-leaved trees in the city. The site was dedicated as a Local Nature Reserve in 1991. 
 

You may also like to visit the Park Events page

See Map -  of the area

Contact us

For more information contact Derby City Parks.

Telephone 01332 293111 during office hours

Park Rangers 01332 367800 every day, including weekends, from 9am until 9.30pm.

Fax 01332 641512

Minicom 01332 256666

email parksadmin@derby.gov.uk

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