PARKS & NATURE
Droitwich Spa Lido Park

Facilities
- Water Play Fountains
- floral bedding displays
- mature trees and shrubs
- fishing at Heriott’s pool and platforms for disabled fishing
- feed the ducks at Bishops pool
- bandstand
- hard court tennis (free)
- 5 a side court with basket ball nets
- children’s play areas, enclosed and natural open area
- tree carving, located by the cafe
- wall mural
Useful Information
Toilets – In the park near the Lido cafe. For more information see our Public Toilets page.
Recycling Bins – Recycling bins are at the main points in the park. Please do your bit to help the planet whilst you are in the park by putting your glass bottles, cans and paper in the clearly marked recycling bins.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Life Buoys – Located around Heriotts Pool and Bishop’s Pool inside red cases. For more information see our Lifebuoys page.
Lido Pool and Cafe – Lido Outdoor Swimming pool (located near the Worcester Road entrance). This pool complex is run by Wychavon Leisure Limited and can be contacted on 01905 799342 or these links for the timetable and prices.
Size & Location
The Lido Park is near the old part of the town with the main entrance and car park off the Worcester Road approximately 100m from the end of the High Street.
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Vines Park

A New Play Area opened in March 2011 designed to a natural play theme with wooden equipment. The Canal was opened on Friday 1st July 2011 by Caroline Spelman (Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) after many years of restoration work. Come and enjoy the sight of narrow boats as they negotiate the canal and locks in the park.
Facilities
- Play areas
- Picnic areas
- Canal open
- British Waterways moorings
- St Richard’s statue
- Interpretive Brine Pit area
- Salt history mosaic
- Mature trees
- Fishing at designated places on Salwarpe river and canal
- Wych barge seating area
Useful Information
Toilets – Closest at Waitrose. For more information see Wychavon District Council’s Public Toilets page.
Fishing – Please contact Droitwich Angling Centre for details on which areas of Park are available for fishing (charges do apply) phone 01905 779300
Cycle Way – All along recently widened path from Vines Lane end of the Park to the Crossways Bridge opposite Waitrose
Recycling Bins – There are recycling bins at main points in the park. Please do your bit to help the planet whilst you are in the park by putting your glass bottles, cans and paper in the clearly marked recycling bins.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Life Buoys – Located along the canal inside red cases. For more information see the Lifebuoys page.
Size & Location
St. Peters Fields

Facilities
- Natural landscaped area, mown grass walks.
- Arboretum conifers and deciduous trees.
- Boardwalk through Willow Carr.
- Views from the slopes.
- Cricket club and pitch (private)
Useful Information
Toilets – At Lido park. For more information see the Public Toilets page.
Size & Location
Abbey Park, Evesham

Facilities
- Mature trees
- Open grass areas
- Shrub planting
- Ornamental herbaceous borders
- Children’s play area
- Water play fountains
- Skate park
- Lily pool
- Picnic benches and plentiful seating
- Variety of artwork (including Penny Whistle wood carving)
- Bandstand
- Historic features
- Simon de Montfort memorial
- Bell tower and clarion
- Boat trips on the river
- Lighted avenue of lime trees along the river
Useful Information
Toilets – In the park – open all year. Access for the disabled is possible at all entrances but best to avoid the ones at the top of the park if steep slopes are difficult to manage. For more information see the Public Toilets page
Recycling Bins – There are recycling bins at main points in the park. Please do your bit to help the planet whilst you are in the park by putting your glass bottles, cans and paper in the clearly marked recycling bins.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Lifebuoys – Located along the river inside red cases. For more information see the Lifebuoys page
Size & Location
Crown Meadow

Facilities
- Children’s play area
- Picnic benches
- Riverside walk under lime avenue
- Extensive areas of grass for informal games
- Football in the winter
Useful Information
Toilets – Under the bridge to the nearby award winning toilets at Viaduct meadow. For more information see the Public Toilets page.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Lifebuoys – Located along the river inside red cases. For more information see the Lifebuoys page.
Size & Location
Corporation Meadow

Facilities
- Picnic site
- Riverside seating and walk.
Useful Information
Toilets – At the adjacent Viaduct Meadow. For more information see the Public Toilets page.
Fish Refuge – At the far end of the meadows is an enlarged ditch, pond area. This was constructed by the Environment Agency in 2009 as a safe refuge for young fish at times of flooding to prevent the fry being swept away down river.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Lifebuoys – Located along the river inside red cases. For more information see the Lifebuoys page.
Size & Location
Charity Brook Park

Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Seats
- Litter bins
- Circular footpath route
- Football pitches
- Children’s Play Facilities
Useful Information
Toilets – No toilets on site. Nearest are at Morrisons Supermarket approx. 400m along Davies Road to the east.
Play Facilities –
- Toddlers swings, climbing unit with nets and slide, scramble rocks and logs, echo speaking tubes and hopscotch.
- Pendulum swings suitable for all ages with basket seat which is suitable for disabled children who are unable to use a conventional swing seat.
- Large climbing boulders and logs for older children and teenagers.
- Adventure cycletrack on a gravel routeway through the trees with jumps and berms. (Please bring suitable safety wear – helmets and pads).
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Recycling Bins – There are recycling bins at main points in the park. Please do your bit to help the planet whilst you are in the park by putting your glass bottles, cans and paper in the clearly marked recycling bins.
Size & Location
Jubilee Gardens

Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Seats
- Litter bins
- Circular footpath route
- Open grass for informal ball games
- Play facilities
Useful Information
Toilets – None on site
Play Facilities –
- Swings
- Embankement Slide
- Tube Climber and Spinner
- Mizzenmast nets
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided. Please collect up after your dog.
Size & Location
Waterside Gardens, Evesham

Facilities
- Riverside terraced walks
- Good views along the river
- Seating with themed carvings and incidental pieces of artwork
- Colourful summer meadow
Useful Information
Toilets – Closest are at Viaduct meadow For more information see the Public Toilets page
Life Buoys – Located along the riverside inside red cases. For more information see the Lifebuoys page.
Size & Location
Workman Gardens, Evesham

Facilities
- Boat mooring
- River trips on a restaurant boat equipped to take wheelchair users
- 3 pétanque courts – for more information see our Pétanque page
- Only anglers who are disabled or under 16 are allowed to fish from Workman Gardens if they have obtained a permit from Wychavon District Council. Bailiffs from the Evesham and District Angling Association monitor the fishing on behalf of Wychavon District Council, to obtain a permit ring 01386 565018 for details
- Table Tennis free to use – bats and balls available from the reception of the adjacent Northwick Hotel and people can hire them for a small returnable deposit.
Useful Information
Toilets – Open all year at the bridge end of the gardens. For more information see the Public Toilets page
Life Buoys – Located along the river inside red cases For more information see the Lifebuoys page
Recycling Bins – There are recycling bins at main points in the park. Please do your bit to help the planet whilst you are in the park by putting your glass bottles, cans and paper in the clearly marked recycling bins.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided Please collect up after your dog
Size & Location
Abbey Park, Pershore

Facilities
- Mature trees
- Shrubs
- Open grass areas
- Damp meadow area and boardwalk
- Picnic benches and seating
- Children’s play area
- Water play fountains
- Bowling club [privately run but open to new members]
- Skatepark
- Bandstand
- Memorial gardens
- Community orchard
Useful Information
Toilets – In the park – off Church walk. For more information see the Public Toilets page
Habitat – The Park benefits from sculptures and a boardwalk over a wet grassland area which was originally the fishpond area from the medieval Abbey.
Recycling Bins – There are recycling bins at main points in the park. Please do your bit to help the planet whilst you are in the park by putting your glass bottles, cans and paper in the clearly marked recycling bins.
Dog Waste – Poop scoop bins provided Please collect up after your dog
Size & Location
Broadway Activity Park / Playground

The park offers state–of–the–art facilities for children and adults of all ages, connected by stone pathways and surrounded with trees, shrubs and rocks.
Facilities
- Large climbing wall
- Multi-use games area
- All weather surface for football, basketball and netball
- Grass pitch for football and rounders
- A Space net
- A Zipwire
- A picnic area
- Seating and shelter
Useful Information
Toilets – Closest located at Keytes Lane or Church Close. For more information see the Public Toilets page
Size & Location
Open Spaces
Broadway
- Gravel Pit (Nature Reserve)
Droitwich Spa
- Addeys Way
- Celvestune Way
- Coleford Walk
- Impney Green Open Space
- Mayflower
- Ombersley Way
- Pulley Lane Woods (Nature Area)
- Rebekah Gardens Open Space
- Riverside area Kidderminster Road (Nature Area)
- Steynors Avenue
- The Ridings – Showell Estate
- Westwood Road
Evesham
- Badsey Lane (Nature Area)
- Common Road
- Coronation Street
- Cotswold Rise
- Hawthorn Road
- Hazel Avenue Brook
- Highfield, Hampton
- St. Richards
- Woodlands Nature Area (either side of the brook)
Pershore
- Allesborough Hill (Nature Area)
- Mill Lane Close
Rural Village Sites
- Broadway – Mills Close (Nature Area)
- Claines – Danes Green Farm Estate
- Crowle – Pear Tree Road
- Cutnall Green – Oak Tree Drive
- Fernhill Heath – Agatha Gardens
- Hadzor Open Space
- Hartlebury – Bowbrook Grange
- Kington – Bourne Close
- Tibberton – Hawthorn Rise
- Wychbold – Centurion Way Woods