Horstead Playground

If you’ve got kids anywhere between toddler and tween age, this one genuinely ticks most of the boxes. The zipline is the obvious crowd-pleaser — expect a queue on sunny weekends — but the climbing structure keeps the younger ones busy long enough for the adults to actually sit down. There are proper picnic tables, not just a single sad bench, and the open grass field next to the soccer pitch means older kids can just run off and do their own thing. Parking’s easy enough, which makes the whole outing a lot less stressful than it sounds.