A brand new playground has opened in The Gables, and it’s a little different from your typical neighbourhood park. Instead of one central playground, The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground features five separate play spaces spread around the edge of the lake, connected by boardwalks, walking paths and open green spaces that encourage families to explore.
Located beside Stockland Gables Town Centre, this new lakeside precinct offers more than just a place to play. With wide pathways, picnic areas and plenty of open space, it’s designed to be somewhere families can spend a few hours enjoying the outdoors.
What’s at The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground?
One of the unique features of The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground is its layout. Spread around the edge of the lake are five separate play spaces, connected by wide walking paths and boardwalks. Rather than having one large playground, the equipment is dotted along the foreshore, giving kids plenty of reasons to keep exploring as they make their way around the lake.
The play spaces include a variety of equipment for different ages and abilities, while the surrounding open lawns and lakeside setting create plenty of room for families to relax between play sessions. There’s also a basketball half court, picnic seating and wide shared paths that are ideal for prams, scooters and bikes.
Facilities
Families visiting The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground will find:
- Five playgrounds
- Basketball half court
- Boardwalks around the lake
- Wide shared paths suitable for prams, scooters and bikes
- Picnic tables and seating
- Large open grassed areas
- Landscaped gardens
- Nearby cafés and shops at The Gables Town Centre
- Parking close by
Who Is It Best Suited For?
With a variety of play equipment and plenty of space to move around, The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground is expected to appeal to families with toddlers through to primary school aged children. Older children will also enjoy riding scooters or bikes along the shared pathways and shooting hoops on the basketball half court.
As the playground is located around a lake, younger children will need close supervision near the water and boardwalks.
Where Is The Gables Lake Foreshore Playground?
The playground is located on Lakefront Crescent, Gables, alongside Stockland Gables Town Centre, Box Hill in Sydney’s north-west.
Its location makes it easy to combine a morning at the playground with a coffee, lunch or a quick stop at the shops.
Parking
Parking is available at The Gables Town Centre, with additional street parking nearby. The playground is just a short walk from the shopping precinct.
Other playgrounds in the area:
Stargazing Park – Corner Lunette St and Valletta Dr The Gables, Box Hill.
Stargazing Park at The Gables Box Hill opened in late 2022 and offers an out of this world amount of space-themed fun for kiddies! It offers lots to do, with play structures as well as more nature based elements – there’s lots of sandstone steps and mounds to scale, as well as stumps and sleepers to traverse. There are swings, a slide, a couple of spinners and a small car too. There’s a cool alien climbing frame, flying fox and large round climbing structure and we really like the UFO shelters and the alien and rocket themed in-built trampolines! Read more here.
The Gables Sportfield – 99 Fontana Drive The Gables Box Hill.
Brace yourself! There’s a lot going on in this $21 million community space. There are two premium hockey fields, multi-purpose fields and courts for basketball, netball, tennis and futsal, a skate park, playground, basketball 3×3 court, fitness zone, dog-off leash area and connecting pathways. There’s also an amenities building with a canteen, change rooms and restrooms. The playground is simple but fun. It’s fully fenced and some areas are shaded. There’s plenty for young kids to explore include a play structure, swings, some climbing logs, a merry go round and a little slide. Read more here.
Slidey Park – Corner of Fontana Drive and Ironstone Parkway, The Gables Box Hill
Slidey Park is one of the original playgrounds to open in The Gables, Box Hill. Located on the corner of Fontana Drive and Ironstone Parkway, it has hillside slides, an impressive climbing structure, merry-go-round and plenty of tables and chairs (both shaded and non shaded) for friends and families to gather. We can only assume that this one has been named Slidey Park as there are 4 slide options at this playground. We love a little playground humour! Three are located on a hillside that kids love to climb, plus there’s a smaller one for toddlers on the side of a little castle. Read more here.
Wheelie Park – Cataract Road, The Gables Box Hill
Wheelie Park, on Cataract Road, was the second playground to open and has been designed for two-wheel fun! It includes a ‘learn to ride’ scooter and bike track, as well as a longer track for those more confident in their riding skills. Read more here.
The Orchard Park – Cavalo Way, The Gables Box Hill
The Orchard Park, The Gables, Box Hill is a great little playground with plenty of equipment to keep both young kids and older ones entertained. There’s also plenty of space for kids to run and play next to the playground. Read more here.
