Timbrell Park

Walked around here this afternoon it has plenty of sports fields, 3 baseball areas, enclosed play area for the kids, bike ramp area, batting cages, plenty of grass area for the kids to play, benches and tables to sit and relax at.

Large playground suitable for many ages including unique elements such as a water table, bicycle course, sandbox, and merry-go-round. The entire area is fenced with secure gates. There is a cafe next to the playground serving hot food and great coffee.The only disappointing part of the park is the motorised merry-go-round, which is rarely functioning.

Large, maintained grassed park with different sections that's geared towards sports like baseball and cricket. In addition, there's a children's playground and a couple of spots you can sit and eat. There's also public restrooms, and street parking around the park.

Big field for soccer, baseball and cricket.A good kids area. Electric grills are available.But the restrooms need attention.

This is a ground that is used in our local cricket competition and the pitches are by far the worst we use. The pitches are sunken and the bowlers run ups are filled in with soft sand meaning you risk falling and hurting yourself whenever you bowl.There are currently much needed upgrades to the other facilities taking place, which is a good thing, but the poor planning has led to one of the pitches being almost permanently flooded and unplayable.If they get these upgrades finished, and fix the drainage and the artificial pitches, the actual location, next to the bay run, could make this one of the best places to play sport in the inner west, but until then it is one of the worst.

At the Western end of the Park, furthest end from the Bay Walk, is an excellent children's enclosed playground with an unusual array of (many) rides - including a flying fox! Nearby is a cafe with tasty light meals and refreshments, and worth supporting; adjacent is a clean and well-maintained toilet block.Along the Southern edge of the Park, within the border of tall trees and next to the canal, is a walking path and a gentle trail bike riding course ideal for children; though the latter I have seen used occasionally for radio controlled cars (prohibited).Baseball facilities are next encountered heading from west to east; the very small club house for those facilities formally being the club house for the powered model airplane flying club. The latter activity is now prohibited by signage, which somewhat reduced the need for a dedicated club house. Probably flattened the mood of the first meeting after the prohibition too. Near baseball facility No 2 are two cricket nets.A sign in the vicinity of enclosed children's playground warns that baseball's may be hit into this area. Doesn't appear to be great planning; and the model plane flyers might feel aggrieved that one park sign prohibits them, whilst another warns near the playground of flying baseballs.The Eastern end of the Park, and the greater part of the Park, is a large expanse of flat grassed land divided sporting season by sporting season into multiple playing fields for community sporting teams: (touch) football, soccer, and less often nowadays, cricket. For that it is a fine facility for training sessions usually late some weekday afternoons and under lights of some weekday evenings, and for competition game days usually on weekends. When the new amenities buildings are completed - eventually - it should be an excellent Park for community sport where participation is the main aspect, not spectating. (There is a small picnic area near the building work).However, for lengthy periods each week, and times of the year when the community sport competitions are not playing, the large expanse of the land of the Eastern end of the Park is not used much, and if it were not for people disregarding the wide-ranging prohibitions (without specific permissions) on use, including flying powered model airplanes and unleashed dogs, possibly barely used at all. Walking across it; with a stroller and/or leashed dog, or flying a single line kite are nervously mentioned here as seen and not known to be prohibited - lest they should be. Mind you, it's a fine place to fly a single line kite; and would be for frisbee games.Perhaps the Eastern end of the Park needs an updated usage plan for set days and times outside primary community sport training and games. Being such a large, flat expanse of grassed land (no sun shade or storm shelter), and with no fixed seating or other features that would interfere with the community sport primary purpose, some atypical ideas might be worth exploring.The last three photos are of the far Western end of the Park. Running alongside the canal and Henley Marine Drive from Ingham Avenue to Ramsay Street, it is quite discrete. Narrow and long compared to the broad expanse of the rest of the Park, it is the (permitted) dog leash-free area even though there is curiously no bordering fence to the roadway. Also, it is an area without facilities - not even a bench to sit on or a water tap - and it is always absent to my observations of unleashed dogs and any people. This is appreciated by the native birds often on the ground there. Walking from West to East gives a good idea that the broad expanse area is a reclaimed estuary delta into Iron Cove Bay.UPDATE 16/5/23The amenities buildings have opened. Impressive. Rooms for sporting equipment are already in use; other facilities, including club house space, first aid room, change rooms and toilets, and even a place for buying snack/drinks, look likely to open progressively. That the wide concrete concourse areas are not much better covered by roofing is an amazingly bad oversight.4.5 stars.

Great fields and open space for footy, soccer or just general outdoors enjoyment. Not so good after rain as they water log pretty bad and council close them

A great park/field for all to enjoy with street parking.

Great place to throw a ball around with your little best mate!

Nice parkNe t to it we have kids play area which is great .There is a sandpit and playarea for kids