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Arun's Major Parks We maintain many recreation grounds, play areas, sports sites, parks and open spaces, below you will find a list of some of the areas owned and maintained by Arun District Council
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Open 365 days a year.
Established in the 1930s, this seafront park boasts exceptional summer and winter bedding displays as well as herbaceous planting and boasts many original architectural features, including an ornamental fountain.
In 2008 and 2009 Marine Park Gardens won a Silver Gilt award in the Best Park category of South East in Bloom.
The Friends of Marine Park Gardens are an active support group who help improve the park.
Facilities: toilets, putting green (seasonal opening hours).
Open 365 days a year
Next door to Marine Park Gardens, this lovely open space is a great spot to walk your dogs, have a picnic or take the children to play.
It has a large well equipped play area to cater for both toddlers and older children, situated next to a popular café which has both indoor and outdoor seating. The play facilties at the park have recently been extended thanks to a Playbuilder Grant.
The park now has a new 'Friends' group whose purpose is to enhance the biodiversity of West Park, increase appreciation and knowledge of all its users and protect the parks environment for the good of all.
Facilities: toilets, cafe, car park (with recycling point), children's play area including aerial runway, climbing wall, and a table tennis table, outdoor gym equipment
Open 365 days a year; gates closed at dusk and opened at dawn
Close to the town centre and Butlins, Hotham Park is where the founder of Bognor Regis, Sir Richard Hotham, built his home in 1792. Major restoration work has taken place in the park following a £2.2 million grant award from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Please follow the link for further information on Hotham Park
Hotham Park was recently judged in the South and South East in Bloom competition and won a Silver-Gilt in the Best Parks Category. The park has also been awarded a prestigious Green Flag which is an award given only to the best parks in the country.
Facilities: toilets, cafe, car park, children's play area, picnic area, putting green, crazy golf, miniature railway, boating lake.
Open 365 days a year; car park open dawn to dusk
The Brooks is a 19-hectare park, in the coastal plain of West Sussex, near to Bognor Regis. It contains a variety of habitats including a pond, mature trees, hedgerows, ditches, scrub and wetland. The Friends of Bersted Brooks, with Arun District Council, were awarded a grant by English Woodland to plant and maintain three fields of riverine woodland, the planting of 11,000 trees was completed in 2007. For further information please visit The Brooks webpage
Open 365 days a year
Created between 1997 - 2000, alongside Malborough Place Estate, Brookfield now features a well-established lake, wildflower meadows, a woodland walk, small football pitch, several play areas, and maturing whip (young trees) areas. It's a great place to walk, exercise and observe nature through the seasons.
In 2008 and 2009 Brookfield Park was awarded a Silver-Gilt in the South and South East in Bloom.
Facilities: car park
 Open 365 days a year
Close to both the centre of Littlehampton & the seafront, Marina Gardens boasts mature tree and shrub planting, along with a long, well-stocked, raised herbaceous border and bright beds of annual flowers.
Open 365 days a year; cafe, boating & railway concession open seasonally
Awarded a prestigious Green Flag, for the last 6 years which is an award given to only the best parks in the country, Mewsbrook Park, established in the 1930s contains a rich, colourful mixture of permanent and annual planting and has range of facilities to keep all ages entertained. Mewsbrook Park has an active community group who organise events and activities in the park.
Facilities: cafe, car park (Littlehampton Sports and Swimming Centre), toilets, original Art Deco shelters, miniature railway, boating lake with viewing platforms, children's play area, children's quiz trail, small football pitch, picnic area, interpretation boards, conservation area (Ruby Gardens).
Norfolk Gardens, Sea Road/South Terrace, Littlehampton
Open 365 days
Located on Littlehampton seafront and offering a fantastic range of activities tokeep the family entertained. The East Beach Residents' Association plant and maintain all the annual flowers within the park, which bring a refreshing splash of colour.
Norfolk Gardens achieved a Silver gilt award in the Best Small Park category of the 2008 South East in Bloom Award
Facilities: cafe, toilets, miniature railway (running to Mewsbrook Park), tennis courts, pitch and putt, Adventure Golf, Bowling Green
A grant was awarded in 2009 by the government's Department of Children, Schools and Families administered by West Sussex County Council. A total of twenty-five new or refurbished outdoor play areas for children and young people are to be developed across West Sussex over the next couple of years.
Following Parks & Greenspaces success in its Playbuilder bid, and in addition to continued refurbishments and improvements of the Districts play areas, work has been completed at Lion's Den play area, Littlehampton and at West Park play area, Aldwick, Bognor Regis. Select the links above to see full details on these projects.
Projects are due to take place in 2010/2011 at a site in Wick, Littlehampton and Hotham Park, Bognor Regis.  This page was last updated on 10/08/10 at 13:08:17 Office Use Only: 4599/21-11-10/Emma Strudwick |
Hotham Park, High Street/London Rd, Bognor Regis
Brookfield Park, Marlborough Place Estate, off Worthing Road, Littlehampton
Mewsbrook Park, Sea Road/Hendon Avenue, Littlehampton
