Parks in Marrickville, NSW 2204
22 parks in Marrickville, Sydney. Find dog-friendly parks, playgrounds, BBQ facilities and more.
Parks in Marrickville
- 🌳Directions →
AB Crofts Playground
AB Crofts Playground is a small, fenced playground on Dibble Avenue in Marrickville, shaded by mature trees. Its most notable feature is a soft-fall play area with swings and climbing equipment that overlooks the Dibble Avenue Waterhole, a habitat for local birds. The park also has barbecues, a picnic area and toilets.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking water - 🌳Directions →
Braddock Playground
A park in Marrickville.
- 🌳Directions →
Day Street Reserve
A park in Marrickville.
- 🌳Directions →
Enmore Park
Enmore Park is a public park between Enmore Road and Black Street in Marrickville. Its standout feature is a fully fenced off-leash dog area on Llewellyn Street, and the park also has an all-ages playground, free BBQs and the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking waterOff-leash area - 🌳Directions →
Gilbert Barry Reserve
Gilbert Barry Reserve is a small green space on Wardell Road in Marrickville NSW 2204. Its most notable feature is a set of fixed chess tables built into the grounds. The reserve also has a neighbourhood garden, shade, a picnic table and a drinking fountain, and is listed as suitable for families.
Drinking water - 🌳Directions →
H J Mahony Memorial Reserve
H J Mahony Memorial Reserve is a sports and recreation reserve on the Cooks River in Marrickville. Its standout feature is a designated off-leash dog area on the sports ground, open at all times except during organised sport. It is also the council's only standalone AFL ground.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking waterOff-leash area - 🌳Directions →
Henson Park
Henson Park is a multi-purpose sports ground on Centennial Street, Marrickville, that hosts Newtown Jets rugby league and Sydney Swans AFLW matches. Its standout feature for dog owners is a designated off-leash area on the eastern hill, usable whenever organised sport is not being played.
ToiletsOff-leash area - 🌳Directions →
Jarvie Park
Jarvie Park is a public park in Marrickville whose standout feature is a playground with forts, slides, swings and a waterplay area under shade sails. The park also has a basketball court, an outdoor fitness station, picnic tables, BBQs and the Marrickville Youth Resource Centre.
PlaygroundBBQDrinking waterDog-friendly - 🌳Directions →
Louisa Lawson Reserve
Louisa Lawson Reserve is a small neighbourhood park on Roach Street, Marrickville, named after Louisa Lawson. Its standout feature is a large, colourful mosaic of the front cover of The Dawn, a women's journal, set in the middle of the park beside a commemorative plaque.
Playground - 🌳Directions →
Mackey Park
Mackey Park is a 6.15-hectare public park on the Cooks River in Marrickville. Its most notable feature is its sports grounds, the home ground of Marrickville Football Club since 1958 and the headquarters of Croquet NSW, with soccer and cricket fields, a fenced playground and riverside walking tracks.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking waterDog-friendly - 🌳Directions →
Marrickville Park
Marrickville Park is a village green of about 4.25 hectares at 111 Frazer Street, Marrickville, and its most notable feature is an off-leash dog area on the eastern side. The park also has a sports ground with a turf cricket wicket, tennis courts, a playground, an outdoor gym and the Marrickville Croquet Club.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking waterOff-leash area - 🌳Directions →
McNeilly Park
McNeilly Park is a public park in Marrickville whose standout feature is a designated off-leash dog exercise area. The park also has a playground with a toddler-friendly area, BBQs, a sheltered picnic area, a half basketball court and shared walking and bike paths.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking waterOff-leash area - 🌳Directions →
Murdoch Playground
Murdoch Playground is a pocket park at 171 Illawarra Road, Marrickville NSW 2204, offering a picnic table, a drinking bubbler and a curved garden path. Its standout feature is three sandstone sculptures set among gardens and four trees planted during its upgrade.
Drinking water - 🌳Directions →
Ness Park
Ness Park is a fenced park on Hollands Avenue in Marrickville. Its most notable feature is a playground suited to toddlers, where a spiral slide with a fireman's pole, a climbing net and a harness swing sit over rubber soft-fall surfacing.
Playground - 🌳Directions →
Newington Road Playground
Newington Road Playground is a small fenced playground at 50 Newington Road in Marrickville. Its standout feature is an enclosed play area with swings, slides and spring rides for younger children, and it opens Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5pm, excluding public holidays.
PlaygroundDrinking water - 🌳Directions →
O'Hara Street Playground
O'Hara Street Playground is a small, quiet neighbourhood playground in Marrickville. Its standout feature is a fenced play area with a swing and a seesaw for young children. Well-maintained hedgerows give the park a leafy feel, balancing greenery with play space.
Playground - 🌳Directions →
Petersham Road Reserve
A park in Marrickville.
- 🌳Directions →
Premier Street Reserve
A park in Marrickville.
- 🌳Directions →
Steel Park
Steel Park is a public park at 531-565 Illawarra Road, Marrickville, and its most notable feature is Waterplay Park, a free water playground with fountains and sprinklers. Steel Park also has a playground with a flying fox, a sporting ground, BBQs and a covered picnic area, and a fenced off-leash area for small dogs is planned.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDrinking waterOff-leash area - 🌳Directions →
Tom Kenny Reserve
Tom Kenny Reserve is a small neighbourhood park on Bayley Street in Marrickville, best known for its inclusive playground, which was officially opened in June 2025 after a full upgrade. The reserve also has a grass area and a picnic table, making it a compact spot for young children to play and families to sit.
Playground - 🌳Directions →
Warren Park
Warren Park is a small historic park on Thornley Street, Marrickville, set on the Cooks River with water views and the Cooks River Cycle Path running through it. The park has a natural area of Sydney turpentine ironbark forest, a children's playground, picnic areas and sporting grounds for cricket and soccer.
PlaygroundDog-friendly - 🌳Directions →
Wicks Park
Wicks Park is a neighbourhood park on Victoria Road in Marrickville whose standout feature is its long-established tennis courts, home to a tennis school. The park also has a shaded playground with swings and a slide, BBQs, picnic tables, new public toilets and mature shade trees, and dogs are welcome on a leash.
PlaygroundBBQToiletsDog-friendly