Neighbourhood Parks

Galmington Park

This important open space next to Musgrove Park Hospital on two sides, the Galmington allotments on another and residential properties on the fourth serves the residential areas of Galmington and Comeytrowe.
It provides two play areas, three football pitches and has a changing pavilion with a small car park. The park occupies an elevated site of 3.9 hectares and has far reaching views to the hills around Taunton.
The park has entrances from Misgovern Road, Hoveland Lane and Belmont Road. Taunton Deane Borough Council holds this park as trustee for the people of Taunton Deane.

Directions to Galmington Park Multimap (external link).

Priorswood Park

Laid out as a playing field, Priorswood Park has three football pitches, a changing pavilion and a children's play area. It occupies land alongside the Priorswood Road and is bordered by the residential areas of Priorswood and Nerrol's Farm.

Directions to Priorswood Park Multimap (external link).

Hamilton Gault Park

This park was given to Taunton Deane Borough Council by Andrew Hamilton Gault on 31st December 1931. It is well known for it's spectacular avenue of Horse Chestnut trees along Hamilton Road. The park is bordered by the Hamilton Road allotments with which it share as a car park, Taunton Town Football Club, the Fire Station, a modern housing development and the Moorsfield open space used for visiting fairs.
Hamilton Gault Park is 4.8 hectares and provides three football pitches, a wooden changing pavilion, two children's play areas, a skate park and pleasant surfaced paths.

Directions to Hamilton Gault Park Multimap (external link).

Lyngford Park

Lyngford Park is central to the Priorswood area of Taunton providing a green area in the midst of dense residential developments of the 1960's.It is 3 hectares with a stream along one side. It caters well for children with two play areas and the Surestart Centre for families with children under 5 years.
Young people of secondary school age are provided with a basketball hoop, skate park and youth shelter and an informal football area with goals on which informal games are organised one afternoon a week.
The park is opposite the local shopping area and is bordered by roads on three sides with the public library on the fourth.


Directions to Lynford Park Multimap (external link).

Taunton Green

A large park of 3.8 hectares, originally bought by Taunton Deane Borough Council on 25th June 1948 from Col. E. St C. Pemberton for the sum of £2 600. The entrance gates were erected and paid for with £700 that had been given by Taunton Massachusetts, for the relief of air raid distress. The park was then named Taunton Green after the area of open space in the centre of the American city and officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1952. This site has many facilities for the people of north Taunton.
Four tennis courts, three football pitches, a changing pavilion and car park complement two children's play areas. The site is bordered by Wellsprings Primary School and on two sides by Cheddon Road and Hope Corner Lane.
The council has plans for improving one of the tennis courts making it usable for other ball games - a multi use games area and perhaps a youth shelter.

Directions to Taunton Green Multimap (external link).

Greenway Recreation Ground

A small but important open space in the midst of Victorian terraced housing, this park is much loved by the local community. It provides 1.4 hectares with two play areas, but there are plans to provide more for young people.
The land for the recreation ground was the gift of Thomas Stubbs Penny. The official opening, which took place on 8th June 1899, was performed by the Mayoress Mrs Goodland after whose husband Goodland Gardens were named.

Directions to Greenway Recreation Ground Multimap (external link).

Contact

For more information about parks in Taunton Deane please contact:

Chris Mulcahy
Tel: 01823 356362
Email: c.mulcahy@tauntondeane.gov.uk