Your Local Playgrounds

The Council currently manages 64 outdoor playgrounds for children, including 16 playgrounds under the jurisdiction of our Housing Department.

The following is a list of the Children’s Playgrounds currently maintained and under the control of Great Yarmouth Borough Council:

PLAYGROUND	WHERE	AGE RANGE
Cottage Road	West Somerton	0-5 / 6-11
Winmer Ave	Winterton	0-5 / 6-11
Playing Field, Waters Lane	Hemsby	ALL
Ryelands Ave	Hemsby	0-5
The Green, Cromer Road	Ormesby	0-5 / 6-11
Sharpes Way	Ormesby	0-5 / 6-11
Mill View	Ormesby	6-11
Playing Field, Station Road	Ormesby	0-5 / 6-11
The Street	Thurne	0-5 / 6-11
Playing Field, Main Road	Rollesby	0-5 / 6-11
Playing Field	Repps	0-5 / 6-11
Playing Field, Rollesby Road	Martham	ALL
Oak Tree Close	Martham	0-5 / 6-11
Cnr The Street / Thrigby Road	Runham	0-5 / 6-11
Playing Field, Main Road	Fleggburgh	0-5 / 6-11
Playing Field, Main Road	Filby	0-5 / 6-11
Ferry Lane	Stokesby Green	0-5 / 6-11
Diana Way	Caister	ALL
Covent Garden	Caister	0-5
Webster Way	Caister	0-5 / 6-11
Coxswain Read Way	Caister	6-11
King George V, Allendale Road	Caister	ALL
Bure Park, Caister Road	Yarmouth North	ALL
Beatty Close, Cunningham Ave	Yarmouth North	0-5 / 6-11
Fisher Avenue	Yarmouth North	0-5 / 6-11
The Lea, off Lawn Avenue	Yarmouth North	0-5 / 6-11
Beaconsfield Rec. Beaconsfield Ave	Central Yarmouth	0-5 / 6-11
Ferrier Rd	Central Yarmouth	6-11
St Georges Park, Trafalgar Road	Central Yarmouth	0-5 / 6-11
Peggotty Road	Central Yarmouth	ALL
St Nicholas Recreation, South Beach Parade	Central Yarmouth	ALL
Anchor Court	Cobholm	0-5
Isaacs Road	Cobholm	0-5 / 6-11
Admirals Way	Cobholm	6-11
Bevans Court	Cobholm	0-5 / 6-11
Coronation Terrace	Cobholm	0-5
Lichfield Road	Southtown	0-5 / 6-11
Southtown Common, Suffolk Road	Southtown	ALL
Priory Gardens, Church Road	Gorleston	0-5
East Anglian Way (E)	Gorleston	6-11
Meadow Park, off Colomb Road	Gorleston	6-11
East Anglian Way (W)	Gorleston	0-5
Gorleston Rec. Church Lane	Gorleston	ALL
Pier Plain	Gorleston	6-11
Marine Parade, opp Bendish Ave	Gorleston	0-5 / 6-11
Wadham Road	Gorleston	6-11
Magdalen Square	Gorleston	ALL
Beacon Park, Woodfarm Lane	Gorleston	ALL
Edinburgh Playing Field, Edinburgh Ave	Gorleston	6-11
Hawthorn Road	Gorleston	0-5 / 6-11
Buttercup Drive	Bradwell	0-5 / 6-11
Hunter Drive	Bradwell	0-5 / 6-11
Mill Lane Rec.	Bradwell	ALL
El Alamein Way	Bradwell	0-5 / 6-11
Whimbrel Drive	Bradwell	0-5 / 6-11
Falklands Way	Bradwell	0-5 / 6-11
Green Lane Playing Field	Bradwell	ALL
Burnet Road	Bradwell	0-5 / 6-11
Butt Lane	Burgh Castle	0-5 / 6-11
Bell Lane	Belton	ALL
Nursery Close	Belton	0-5
New Road	Fritton	0-5 / 6-11
St Claire’s Court	Hopton	0-5 / 6-11
Watsons Close	Hopton	0-5
Hopton Playing Field, Lowestoft Road	Hopton	ALL

The majority of the playgrounds below are accessible only by local residents due to their being in secure areas.

HOUSING PLAYGROUNDS	WARD	AGE RANGE
Elder Green	Claydon	6-11
Pine Green	Claydon	6-11
Hertford Way	Magdalen	0-5
Blackfriars East	Nelson	0-5 / 6-11
Blackfriars West	Nelson	0-5 / 6-11
Clarendon North	Nelson	6-11
Clarendon South	Nelson	6-11
Dorset Close	Nelson	6-11
Howard St South	Nelson	0-5 / 6-11
King Street South	Nelson	6-11
Louise Close	Nelson	6-11
Orford Close	Nelson	6-11
Sackville Close North	Nelson	6-11
Sackville Close South	Nelson	0-5 / 6-11
Sidney Close	Nelson	6-11
Townsend Close North	Nelson	6-11

To report any damage or vandalism on children’s playgrounds or youth facilities:

Officer: Environmental Strategy Officer
Telephone: 01493 846442
Fax: 01493 846365
E-mail:eld@great-yarmouth.gov.uk