Located along the Esplanade, just across from Hove beach is a neat little park called Wattle Reserve. This is a great spot to set up for a picnic for families looking for a day out and wanting to play some park games. It’s got many great features and facilities including:
- Kids playground (fenced)
- BBQ and tables
- Toilets
- Mini tennis court
- Basketball half court
- Easy access to the beach
- Free parking
To read some more about this park and see some pictures continue scrolling below.
Map of Wattle Reserve Features and Facilities
Kids Playground
The kids playground is fully fenced around to help keep your kids safe from running onto the road and has a shade sail that will mostly cover the play equipment in shade depending on the position of the sun.
The play equipment in the park includes:
- Swings
- Slide
- Climbing net
- Rockers
Other Features
There are several other features of this park which is great for families wanting to play at the park, these include:
- Basketball half court
- Mini tennis court (also good for handball)
- A volleyball net
- Lots of open space to run and play tag or kick a ball.
There is a path that surrounds the park that kids could ride their bikes or scooters on, but this is adjacent to the road so probably wouldn’t be safe enough for young kids.
Facilities
If you want you could make use of the free electronic BBQ at Wattle Reserve park to cook any meat you want to take on your picnic. There is also one undercover eating area which is pretty popular and hard to grab.
There is plenty of free parking around the park with some parking on-site and street parking all along the Esplanade.
There is also a toilet for the public to use.
