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Each fitness area is free to use and suitable for all ages and abilities. The equipment has a mixture of cardiovascular (works your heart and lungs) and toning stations which use your body weight as the resistance to your workout, meaning you can either be gentle or push yourself that little harder.

Outdoor fitness areas can be found at the following locations:

Barton Green, Clifton
Birchover Park, Bilborough
Bulwell Forest, Bulwell
Bulwell Hall Park, Bulwell, NG6 9UP
Chediston Vale Park, Basford
Clifton Central Park, Clifton, NG11 8JU
Forest Recreation Ground, NG1 6HH
Gawthorne Street, NG7
Greenway Park (Tricket’s Yard), Sneinton
Heathfield Park, NG5 1HR
Independent Street Park, Radford
King Edward Park, Sneinton
King George V Playing Fields, Aspley
Lenton Abbey Park, NG9 2SD
Lenton Recreation Ground, Lenton, NG9 2SD
Peggy’s Park, Edwards Lane
Queen’s Walk Recreation Ground, NG2 2DF
Radford Recreation Ground, Radford
Robin Hood Chase, Sneinton
Ruddington Lane Park, Clifton
Shipstone Street, NG7
Silverdale Play Area, Clifton
Silverdale, NG11
Southglade Park, Bestwood, NG5 5GU
Stockhill Park, Basford, NG5 1DZ
Strelley Recreation Ground, NG8 6NA
Sutton Passey Crescent play area, Wollaton Park
Valley Road Recreation Ground, NG5 1
Vernon Park, Basford, NG6
Victoria Embankment, NG2 2JY
Woodthorpe Park, Sherwood, NG5 4HA
Whitemoor Park, Basford

Further Information

Find your nearest Parks and Natural Sites in Nottingham City by using Google My Maps
Click here to view video technique instruction clips

If you would like to use one of our other parks to run your own fitness sessions, please contact the Parks and Open Spaces team for further information.

Please note, you will need permission to use a park for this activity, otherwise, your insurance might be invalid.

A Walk in the Park is a programme of free short walks in local parks and open spaces in the City. Self-guided walks are available to use that can be completed at your own pace and at a time that suits you offering you the opportunity to improve both physical and mental wellbeing in a safe and relaxed atmosphere.

Please click this link to visit our Walk in the Park page.

Nottingham City Council has partnered with Best Foot Forward to provide a series of short walks in the Nottingham City area. These guided health walks are completely free and offer you a fantastic chance to enhance your health, forge new friendships, enjoy yourself, and become familiar with your local surroundings. The walks are open to everyone, and all are welcome to participate.

For more information and a list of the walks available in Nottingham, please visit Nottingham Guided Walks Website

Walk Locations include:

Woodthorpe Grange Park Walks
Nuthall Railway Walks
Old Basford Walks
Victoria Embankment Walks
Bestwood Walks
City Parks Walks
Wollaton Park Walks
Strelley Woodland and Countryside Walks

Wollaton Hall walk is a two-hour circular walk from Wollaton Hall to Martin's Pond which allows you to appreciate one of the Country's finest Grade One listed Elizabethan mansions, a brilliant Local Nature Reserve and all the neighbouring wildlife!

Download our PDF for the Wollaton Park and Martins Pond Walk leaflet.

Our parks are home to a variety of different trees. Some are native to the United Kingdom and are quite common, but there are also some non-native, rare species. These trails take you on a walk around the sites and explore some of the significant trees which have been planted over time.

Click below to download the relevant PDF Leaflet

Orienteering requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point. Participants use a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. We have created several maps to help you combine map reading skills and physical exercise whilst being able to enjoy the natural surroundings of a park.

Click below to download the relevant PDF Leaflet

Nottingham City Council currently has four permanent outdoor table tennis tables located at

Bulwell Hall Park, Squires Avenue, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 9UP
Forest Recreation Ground, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, NG1 6HH - More information visit the Forest Recreation Ground Facebook Page
Lenton Abbey Park. Derby Road, Lenton, Nottingham NG9 2SD
Woodthorpe Grange Park - Woodthorpe Drive NG5 4HA

The tables are free to use, simply turn up and play - just bring along your bat and balls and start playing! For more information on where to play table tennis please visit the Table Tennis England website

(Seasonally May to September)