Hinksey Park

Water splash feature now open!

The water splash feature in Hinksey Park is now open! It is open from 10:00 - 20:00 every day.

Where is it?

Hinksey Park is 15 minutes walk away from Oxford City Centre, off the Abingdon Road.

What is there?

The park was laid out in the 1930s on the site of the former Oxford Waterworks. It boasts:

• a free water fountain 'splash' feature (May - Sep)
• an outdoor swimming pool
• Hinksey Lake
• tennis courts
• fishing
• a children's play area

A kiosk is located in the park which offers:

• ice creams and refreshments
• tennis court bookings (fees and charges)
• equipment hire

The park and lakes hold a suprising array of wildlife including:

• ducks and grebes
• swans and geese
• coots and moorhens
• kingfishers and cormorants
• freshwater sponges
• zebra mussels

Walks

The park is an ideal starting point for a walk into the countryside and offers access to:

• South Hinksey
• Chiswell Valley
• Boars Hill
• A network of new paths within the ring road

Get involved

Would you like to have a say in how the park is run? Why not join the Friends of Hinksey Park?

Green Flag Award Winner!

Hinksey Park was recently awarded a Green Flag Award by the Civic Trust. The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales.  The award scheme began in 1996 as a means of recognising and rewarding the best green spaces in the country. It is one of only two Green Flag Standard parks in Oxfordshire. A big thank you to all our staff and the Friends of Hinksey Park; we couldn't have achieved it without you.

Management Plan

We have produced a Management Plan for the park that outlines how we will manage it over the next 10 years. If you have any comments on the plan, please contact us.

Opening Times

Hinksey Park is open 24 hours a day but the barrier for car access is locked at the times below and re-opens at 9.30am each morning:

Month	Time	Month	Time
January	16:30	July	21:00
February	17:30	August	20:30
March GMT	18:00	September	19:00
March BST	20:00	October BST	18:00
April	20:00	October GMT	17:00
May	21:00	November	17:00
June	21:00	December	16:00

Page last reviewed 23 Jun 2008

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