Welcome to Blackbird Leys Park

Blackbird Leys Park forms a green heart in the middle of Activities Getting there the Leys estate. There are many attractions in the park including: Bus It is open 24hours a day, all year round. There are regular bus services to the park, run by  Two play areas Oxford Bus Company (routes 5,  Football pitches Stagecoach (1 & 12).  Bowls green The nearest bus stop is approximately 1 minute walk

 Meandering stream  Kick about goal Car  Rebound wall  Ball courts There are two car parks, one off Cuddesdon Way and one next to Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre, off Pegasus Please see the map over, for Road.

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Cycle Near the park there is also:  Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre There is easy access from many areas of the Leys by History bike.  Co-op nursery

The park was developed when the housing estate was  Children’s Centre built in the 1960s, housing the workers at the Morris  Oxford Cherwell & Valley Motors Company Plant at nearby Cowley, now BMW UK Clubs & Organisations College Oxford. There are several groups who use the park on a regular

In the early 1990s the development of Greater Leys Green Flag basis: began. The original Leys estate and Greater Leys are Bury Knowle Park has been awarded a now simply known as the Leys and its population at the Blackbird Leys Boys Football Club Green Flag Award by Keep Britain Tidy. Greater Leys Football Club time of the last census stood at 13,586 The Green Flag Award is the national Blackbird Leys Bowls Club standard for parks and green spaces in

Friends of Leys Parks England and Wales

Do you visit regularly? Improvements & Developments Would you like to help improve the parks across the Leys? Our gardeners have been working hard to improve the wildlife areas, pathways and hedging within the park. By becoming a member of the friends group you could:  make a positive contribution to your local area Work is underway to build a new swimming pool onto  have a say in the park's facilities Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre, extending the building into  improve the local conservation value the park. Contact us  exercise, improve your health and wellbeing The Pavilion is due to be refurbished within the next 2 For more information, or if you have a query about the years, providing new changing facilities suitable for all park or activities on offer please contact us: Friends groups are independent, but work in partnership with the council. ages. Parks & Open Spaces, Cutteslowe Park Office, Park Rangers Harbord Road, Our team of Parks Rangers patrol our parks and open Oxford, OX2 8ES spaces across the city. They assist in keeping the parks T: 01865 252240 clean, tidy and safe; enforce byelaws and liaise with park E: [email protected] users and the local community. W: www.oxford.gov.uk/parks FB: www.facebook.com/parksoxford Map Parks & Open Spaces