Best BBQ and picnic parks in Artarmon

• BBQs
• Covered shelter
• Toilets
• Playground
• Parking

Artarmon Reserve has a BBQ alongside a picnic site with ample room for rugs, and covered seating and shelter sit close by. You get a public restroom and shaded areas for the warmer days. Parking is ample, both in the reserve's own lot and on the nearest street, so a big group can arrive without circling. Set against Cleland Park and Thomson Park, it is the one that is simplest to plan around, because the BBQ, the shelter and the toilets all sit in the same reserve. The bush setting and the open field give the kids somewhere to run off steam between courses.

• BBQs
• Picnic tables
• Toilets
• Playground
• Parking

A triple swing, two spinners and a rocker make up the play area at Cleland Park, and the BBQ and picnic tables sit within reach of it. Six lit synthetic grass courts sit next to them. Toilets, change rooms and bathrooms are all on hand, and roughly twenty cars can park on site. The site covers 5,073 square metres, so it is much smaller than Artarmon Reserve, and it is an easy walk from Artarmon station after a train ride.

• Picnic tables
• Toilets
• Playground
• Parking

Thomson Park has picnic tables and park benches for eating outdoors, and they sit around a sandstone amphitheatre that serves as the park's gathering place. Packing a cold lunch makes sense here, since no BBQ is noted. Public toilets are in the park, though their condition is worth checking on arrival. The fenced playground, with a basket swing and a flying fox, is inside the same park, so the seating and the play area make one visit. Limited street parking is available nearby, with time limits on Campbell Street and Broughton Road.