Stirling Steam Roller Park

I spent hours and hours of my childhood in this playground. Steam Roller Park isn’t huge, but what it lacks in size it make up for in variety and proximity to candy stores.
It’s an ideal place to take the kids if you’re out shopping in Stirling because there’s enough equipment and hills to occupy the small ones while you socialise or relax on the benches. You see family gatherings and events in the rotunda or at the bbq and benches of this park all the time.
Parking’s good and immediate as the park shares with the community theatre across the way, there’s a drink fountain and public toilet on the same premises.
I was particularly fond of climbing up on the steam roller and playing driver when I was a lad, but the rest of the play equipment is great too. Lots of variation and challenges for kids to tackle.

Lately I’ve been the go to person in my family for babysitting. Because of this I’ve been spending a fair amount of time at this playground and I’m a huge fan, here is why:
1. Its free! and the best things in life really are.
2. It’s enclosed! with metal bar fencing that doesn’t resemble a prison and yet still has the same effect. niiice.
3. There is an old steam engine which is the feature of the play equipment. I sure there’s some sort of history lesson in that… yay! the park is educational as well!
4. There is a bathroom with a change table and its clean enough that you can use it before you get absolutely desperate!
5. There are park benches available within the fencing and outside too, so if you have older kids with you too they can run around on the grassy area.
6. I was a kid once, and my folks used to take me to this play ground and I thought it was awesome.
7. There are BBQ facilities, so you can have a gathering there and keep the kids occupied while everyone else does adult things, like drinking beer! only kidding guys, this is a dry zone and that would be slightly irresponsible.
8. There’s car parking so if you do have a picnic you don’t have the lug the basket halfway to Antarctica.
5 gold stars for a free family day of fun.