Glade
← Back

🌱 Urban park

Borough Gardens

4 ha

Getting here

50.71288, -2.44128

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Route 26

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: Frome Valley Way

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

40

5 named nearby · 35 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

67

67 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Jubilee Trail (Dorset) · Walking0
The Hardy Way · Walking0
Route 2 · Cycling0
Frome Valley Cycle Trail · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Antelope Walk · public footpath
Somerleigh Road · public footpath
Tudor Arcade · public footpath

About this urban park

Borough Gardens is a urban park covering 4 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Borough Gardens Bandstand, Dorchester

Borough Gardens Bandstand, Dorchester

1 / 22

🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

The Oasis · 94m

🅿️

Parking

Trinity Street Car Park · Paid · 159m

🧺

Picnic spot

42m away

🛝

Playground

67m away

🚻

Toilets

4 · 93m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km