St Nicholas Meadow was acquired by Warwick Borough Council and the formal gardens and the Children’s Corner were opened in the 1930s. The ground to the east was laid out as playing fields after the war. A popular open-air swimming pool replaced an older structure by the river, both now demolished and succeeded by the pool in the leisure centre. The cottages were once a watermill. The park’s host of activities attracts visitors from all over the Midlands as well as local people.
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Things to enjoy
Play – up-to-the-minute play areas.
Paddling pool – shallow, treated water. Please, no dogs.
Family occasion – stroll by the river, relax in the gardens, hire a boat.
Rides – roundabouts and a train for young children.
Games – crazy golf, putting, giant chess, boules, basketball station.
Bikes, blades and boards – enlarged skate park and BMX track beyond sports hall.
Refreshments – popular café open all year round.
Gardens – colourful flowers, unusual trees, smooth lawns.
Boating – rowing boats and motor boats from Boathouse by Castle Bridge, Easter - October
Sport – 2 senior football pitches, 2 hard tennis courts, floodlit all-weather pitch. Bookings 01926 450000
Exercise – trim trail round the park. Swimming, keep-fit, climbing wall and sport in the Leisure Centre. Bookings 01926 495353
Space! Acres of level grass for ball games, jogging, kite-flying, picnics…
Toilets with baby-change and disabled facilities.
Events
Warwick Carnival
Band concerts
Donkey Derby
How to get there
Walk – entrances on Banbury Road, Emscote Road and Pickard Street, or walk along Riverside Walk. From Myton Fields/Myton Road you can cross the river over Charter Bridge or Castle Bridge, or take the ferry at summer weekends.
Cycleway, Emscote Road–Myton. Cycle stands at Leisure Centre and Charter Bridge.
Bus – Services 16, 18, 60, 75 and X17 (X16 and X18 on Sundays) pass near the park. (More on buses to parks)
Rail – 10-minute walk from Warwick station to Emscote Road entrance.
Car and motorcycle – pay-and-display car park off Banbury Road. Or park in Myton Fields walk across one of the bridges or take the ferry.
Nearby
St John’s House Museum – life in Victorian times. Warwickshire Regimental Museum.
Leisure Centre – swimming pool and sports hall - see
http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/WDC/Leisure+and+culture/Sports/Sports+facilities/St+Nicholas+Park+Leisure+Centre/
Myton Fields – riverside parking (pay on foot). Kingfisher Pool – disabled and junior angling.
Smith Street – shops and restaurants
Riverside Walk – walk beside rivers and canal to Leamington and Newbold Comyn.
Warwick Castle
Town Centre – markets, County Museum, St Mary’s Church, antique shops, gardens.
Map
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=CV34%204QY