3 Best Parks in Tamworth

“Bicentennial Park is 40 hectares of beautiful parklands featuring gentle hills, lakeside meadows and soothing green vistas. This is a great spot to enjoy with kids and families. This park is the city’s first “smart precinct” and features one of the largest slides in the southern hemisphere. The park offers a bicycle walkway on the river bank that will lead you to an outdoor fitness track if you are feeling energetic. This place is a trendy spot for joggers and cyclists. Bicentennial Park features play areas, a bike track and boardwalk, a fitness circuit, and a flying fox, making it an ideal space for everyone to enjoy. The park has enhanced lighting, ample parking, and laser-cut steel panel fencing, transforming it into a highly accessible and functional space for the community. There are several sporting fields and a swimming pool in the area. Bicentennial Park has everything for the whole family, making it great for kids to run, play, explore, and exercise.”

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“Tamworth Marsupial Park is an ideal picnic spot with an immersive kangaroo enclosure and playground for adventure. It is a popular choice for school excursions, particularly for environmental studies, attracting students from both local and out-of-town schools. The Adventure Playground combines two age-appropriate areas designed for Tamworth's children. Visitors can explore a variety of native animals and bushwalking tracks within the park. Children can get up close to kangaroos, wallabies, cockatoos, and emus, spot wildlife in the free-flight aviary, or hand-feed Indian peacocks. Tamworth Marsupial Park provides various amenities such as car parking, a parents' room, picnic areas, and public toilets, with disabled access available. The park offers a unique native animal experience in NSW, with free entry to its 14-hectare grounds.”

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“Tamworth Regional Playground is a fun place for families to make lasting memories. The park features a play town miniature world where children can hide in the cubby house. Its attractions include a bike track, fitness circuit, splash pad, café/restaurant, mammoth swing, carousel, senior play zone, sand play, junior play zone, an embankment slide, skywalk, three giant slides, four towers, dual flying fox, and a waterfall with a three-meter sway bridge. Visitors can also enjoy internet access at the park. The carousel in the park is wheelchair accessible, ensuring everyone can enjoy the playground. It allows wheelchairs to be locked in without the need for transfer and includes seating for 3-4 children.”

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