Playgrounds in Grey Lynn

4 venues for kids and families in Grey Lynn, Auckland

Playgrounds in Grey Lynn: one big park, a five-lane pump track and a free paddling pool

Nearly everything worth knowing sits inside Grey Lynn Park (4.6 stars from more than 1,200 reviews): a playground with basket swings, a flying fox, tunnels and balancing logs, plus a skate ramp, basketball court and shade across ten and a half hectares.

The Grey Lynn Pump Track off Dryden Street is the standout feature: five lanes of long, looping rollers that suit everything from balance bikes to BMX, though scooters are best left at home as they bottom out on the surface. In summer the fenced Grey Lynn Paddling Pool near the Grosvenor Street entrance runs free, lifeguarded sessions daily (bar Christmas) from early December to mid March, with the playground right beside it.

One stop covers it all: bikes for the pump track, togs for the paddling pool in summer, and the playground for in between. The pool is fenced, shaded and lifeguarded, and tops out around waist-deep.