Glebe Foreshore Parks and Glebe Foreshore Walk
Blackwattle Bay Park Schematic Map
Glebe Foreshore Parks
Glebe Foreshore Walk
Chapman Rd
Glebe NSW 2037
Glebe Foreshore Parks
(Bicentennial Park, Federal Park, Jubilee Park, Pope Paul Reserve, Blackwattle Bay Park and the Glebe Foreshore Walk)
The Glebe Foreshore Parks, cover an area in excess of 17 Hectares, forming a ribbon of contiguous parkland around the Glebe Peninsula. The constituent parks include: Bicentennial Park, Federal Park, Jubilee Park, Blackwattle Bay Park, Pope Paul Reserve and the Glebe Foreshore Walk. These waterfront parks provide diverse opportunities for active and passive recreation including floodlit sports fields, adventure playgrounds, native wetlands, beaches and off-leash areas. The parks are well serviced by public transport including bus routes and metro light rail. Toilet facilities, drinking fountains, picnic shelters and BBQ facilities provide further utility to residents and visitors.
Federal Park
Federal Park located at the western side of the Johnsons Creek Canal features a floodlit sports field suitable for hockey and touch football, a skateboard ramp and a fenced native wetland. The parks extensive green open spaces are off-leash at all times. Car parking is available on Chapman Road and public toilets are located beneath the viaduct oval. The park is serviced by bus routes with bus shelters located at the park boundary on The Crescent. A footpath leading from Federal Park, passing the old tram shed buildings leads to the Jubilee Park Light Rail station.
To the northwest a subway beneath The Crescent links Federal Park to smaller local parks adjacent to Johnson’s Canal including A.V Henry Reserve and J. V. McMahon Reserve and to Orphan School Creek, across Wigram Road.
Jubilee Park
Jubilee Park features a fenced floodlit oval suitable for cricket, AFL and hockey. The oval’s historic cricket pavilion was upgraded in 2007 to provide modern changing facilities for players. The surrounding Jubilee Park features a naturally shaded playground with traditional play equipment including swings, roundabout, see saw and rockers with adjacent picnic sheds. Public toilets are located on the eastern and western side of the oval.
The park is serviced by a Light Rail station at the rear of the oval off Victoria Road, and bus shelters are located near the junction of Federal Road with Glebe Point Road.
Bicentennial Park (East and West)
Bicentennial Park runs the length of Rozelle Bay from the end of Glebe Point Road to Chapman Road in the west. The park contains a large enclosed and shaded playground featuring adventure play equipment including a rope climber, roller slides, sand pits and extensive climbing structures with elevated decks. A sandy beach and water steps provide convenient access to the water for paddling and recreational boating. The Esther Abraham Pavilion providing shelter and stunning views across Rozelle Bay to the ANZAC bridge is a popular spot available for hire for weddings, ceremonies and parties.
West of the canal, Bicentennial Park is an off-leash area at all times, while the eastern section including the adjoining Pope Paul Reserve is an on-leash area.
Blackwattle Bay Park
Blackwattle Bay Park encompasses the Glebe Foreshore Walk which meanders along Blackwattle bay from Pope Paul Reserve to Ferry Road. The park contains the historic Bellevue House and a number of relics preserved from the site’s previous use by harbourside industries including a historic incinerator complex designed by the renowned Walter Burley Griffin. The park contains BBQ and picnic facilities and a children’s playground is located at the foot of Leichhardt Street. Blackwattle Bay Park is an off-leash area at all times.
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Last Updated: Monday 17 May, 2010
