Looking for the perfect playground to keep your little ones entertained in Adelaide? Look no further than Kids in Adelaide’s Playground Map!
Our comprehensive guide features a wide variety of playgrounds to suit all ages and interests, from toddler-friendly havens to nature-inspired adventures and inclusive play areas. With a handy map to help you find your nearest playground, Kids in Adelaide is your one-stop shop for all things play in Adelaide.
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Kids in Adelaide – Our Top 12 Playgrounds in Adelaide
It’s really hard to choose our favourite playgrounds in Adelaide, because we all like something different. Some kids like risky equipment, fast slides and lots of other kids, where as other kids like small parks where they can not feel overwhelmed. That’s why we try and review all sorts of playgrounds, not just the biggest and the “best” ones. But if you’re looking for a playground bucket list of the “must do” in Adelaide. These would be our pick
Morialta Mukanthi Conservation Park Playground
Find it at: Morialta Conservation Park, Woodforde The eagle has landed at Morialta Playground… in a 7 metre tall nest – and your kids can climb it! Yep, the Morialta Conservation Park playground is AWESOME! Best suited to kids aged 5-15years, it is great to see a…
MJ McInerney Reserve Playground, West Croydon
Find it at: Sackville St, West Croydon. If your kids love slides, skate parks or shooting hoops……this is going to be their new favourite playground. We’re talking big slides, small slides, straight slides and one great big epic curly slide that is going to be VERY…
Glenthorne National Park Adventure Playground
Glenthorne Nature Play Space Find it at: Majors Road, O’Halloran Hill The multi-million dollar nature play space, forming part of SA’s newest national park, Glenthorne National Park opened in 2022 and the nature playground has it all, some of the wonderful playground…
Cobbler Creek Recreation Park and Playground
Find it at: Corner of Bridge and Smith Roads, Salisbury East. Cobbler Creek Recreation Park is a fabulous recreation park with a large playground and over 17km of fantastic mountain/BMX paths for riders of all abilities. We took the youngsters there recently and they…
Wilfred Taylor Reserve Nature Playspace and Playground
Find it at: Wheatsheaf Road, Morphett Vale The amazing $2.2 million nature playspace, located on the corner of Wheatsheaf and States Roads at Morphett Vale, has been designed for people of all ages to get outdoors and engage with nature. Nature themes are featured as…
Jervois Street Reserve Playground South Plympton
Find it at: 43 Jervois Street, South Plympton Jervois Street Playground in South Plympton is up there with Morialta and Glenunga as one of our favourite playgrounds in Adelaide. Some of the Jervois Street Reserve highlights are: Fully fenced junior playground with…
Golden Fields Adventure Playground, Golden Grove
Find it at: Asgard Drive, Golden Grove Golden Fields Reserve has had an incredible upgrade with the addition of an adventure playground, which joins the existing reserve playground in this 12 hectare reserve (the adventure playground is on the lower level)! This has…
Jubilee Wooden Adventure Playground Port Noarlunga
Find it at: Saltfleet Street, Port Noarlunga South Jubilee Playground is one of the biggest and best playgrounds in the Adelaide area. It’s an oldie but a goodie and most of the awesome play equipment that forms a castle is made out of wood which makes it even cooler!…
Wigley Reserve Playground Glenelg
Find it at: Wigley Reserve, Genelg The incredible upgrade at Wigley Reserve at Glenelg is an outstanding attraction for an already pretty awesome area. Sometimes fantastic photos do a far better job at telling a story and this is absolutely one of those occasions….
Monash Adventure Playground
Find it at: Madison Road, Monash Most of us oldies will remember Monash Playground from when we were kids. Back in the 80s and 90s it looked a bit like this.. It was EPIC! (and also terrifying) It isn’t as terrifying anymore but it’s still one of S.A’s best…
Thorndon Park Reserve Playground, Paradise
Find it at: Hamilton Terrace, Paradise Thorndon Park playground has been voted Australia’s Best Playground (Winner of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects award for best play space 2023) The upgraded (in 2023) playground at Thorndon Park is amazing! A hen…
St Kilda Adventure Playground
Find it at: St Kilda Rd, St Kilda For those who grew up in Adelaide, you’d probably have been out St Kilda Adventure Playground when you were a kid, but have you been back since 2015? It’s got all the awesome stuff that I remember from my childhood, and more… and…
Kids in Adelaide Latest Playground Listings
Here’s the latest playgrounds we’ve been to both in Adelaide and regional South Australia. If we’ve missed a good one near you please let us know.
Oaktree Adventure Playground
Find it at: Minda Farm Reserve. Between Symon Crescent and Gartrell Boulevard Craigburn Farm Oak Tree Adventure Playground at Blackwood Park is part of a larger X-Terrain Park that includes an incredible running/walking/riding trail, creek, lake and the epic Blackwood…
Byethorne Park Nairne
Find it at: Woodside Road, Nairne yethorne Park is a beautiful Adelaide Hills playground located on Woodside Road in Nairne AND it’s had a great little upgrade in 2021 that includes a nature play area and a beautiful great big grassy kick around area. The nature play…
Lucia Place Reserve Playground, Mawson Lakes
Find it at: Lucia Place, Mawson Lakes This quaint little play area was a little tricky to find but we are certainly glad we did. With 4 kids in tow ranging from 2 , 3 , 5 and 8 years old this playground was great for all these ages. The 8 year old loved the small…
Jo Gapper Activity Park Playground, Hillbank
Find it at: Blackburn Rd, Hillbank If you like your parks to have a little bit of everything, Jo Gapper Activity Park in Hillbank is definitely worth a look! There’s even a designated area for your fur baby! There’s a playground, basketball court, tennis court, footy…
James Coke Park Playground
Find it at: Coke St, Norwood Looking for some green space and a playground in Norwood to take a break and entertain the little ones? James Coke Park is a great destination. Tucked behind Norwood Mall with easy parking, it’s safe, shady and fun for all. James Coke Park…
Seaside Park Playground Moana
Find it at: Seaside Blvd, Moana Located in the ‘Seaside at Moana’ estate, this fabulous playground is so good, the locals wanted to keep it their little secret! You can absolutely see why with the pics below. It is lacking a bit of shade, but that is to be expected in…
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Hey Roxy
I’ve been a big fan (+ my 2.75 yr old) of the Bunnings indoor playgrounds over the last few weeks (while it’s been peeing down). You should give them a try – they come with a mediocre but cheap cafe – you just hang out on the outdoor furniture while your kid goes mental :0)
Kim
Great idea Kim! Thanks for the suggestion.
Hey I just noticed that when I click on the icon at this address – Ballater Ave, Campbelltown – Unity Park, Pooraka comes up. ??
Thanks Amanda, all fixed 🙂
Also a few great playgrounds are missing – Goldenfields in Golden Grove, Klemzig Gaza, and Cobbler Creek playground at the top of Smith Rd. Thanks so much for putting them all in one spot though, Its awesome!
Thanks for those Amanda. We’re trying to make our way around the state! All of these are definitely on our “must do” list
The closet listed to Aldinga is Jubilee park..
Just to name a few, there’s the playground on Emerald blvd, Aldinga.
Esplanade opposite Jimmies takeaway at the end of Butterworth Road.
Quinliven Road.
Symonds Reserve.
John Nicholl reserve.
Can you please add Battunga park in meadows?
Bonython Park is a winner for us as well as Apex Park at Hawthorndene.
You’ve missed one – Plympton Oval playground, South Plympton cnr of Ferry Ave and Milton Ave. Small, but has swing set, slide and nature play elements. Perfect for toddlers! I love the map feature though!
Also Aldridge Avenue Reserve, Aldridge Avenue South Plympton. Opposite Ralli St. Has Tennis Courts, Basket ball hoop, swings, slide, covered picnic table, even BBQ I believe. Sadly no toilets. Also, huge grassy area for sports.