Middleton Playingfields

If you’re not local, you’d probably drive straight past without a second glance — which is exactly why it stays so pleasantly quiet. The play train is the real draw here, and younger kids genuinely go mad for it. There’s a solid mix of slides and swings alongside it, so siblings of different ages aren’t fighting over the same bit of kit. Pack a lunch, because the picnic tables actually get used properly with that big open grass field right there for post-sandwich chaos. One of those spots that does everything right without making a fuss about it.