Parks, play and open spaces

We provide and maintain many of the parks, open spaces and play areas across Dacorum. Our green assets, including parks, play areas, adventure playgrounds and nature conservation sites, are a great place to relax and unwind. The variety on offer means that there is an ideal space for everyone to read a book, walk the dog or spend the day with the family.

Our Parks and Open Spaces team work with 'Friends' groups to improve the quality of our local parks and open spaces. This can include anything from developing new facilities such as skate parks, replanting roundabouts, planting flower and shrub beds and maintaining playgrounds. 

Awards

Six of our parks have achieved the coveted Green Flag Award - a national standard of excellence for parks and green spaces.

• Canal Fields
• Chipperfield Common
• Gadebridge Park
• Tring Memorial Gardens
• Bunkers Park
• Water Gardens

A further two parks also have the accolade of Queen Elizabeth II Fields status:

• Gadebridge Park
• Bovingdon Green

Byelaws

We have made new byelaws in respect of pleasure grounds, public walkways and open spaces. The byelaws affect Dacorum Borough Council-managed open spaces and cover the whole of the borough. For full details of the byelaws, plus accompanying maps, please see below:

•  Byelaws for pleasure grounds, public walks and open spaces (PDF 2MB)
•  Hemel Hempstead - Parks - Map (PDF 8MB)
•  Berkhamsted - Parks - Byelaws - Map (PDF 5.9MB)
•  Tring - Parks - Byelaws - Map (PDF 5.6MB)
•  Chipperfield Common - Byelaws - Map (PDF 5.3MB) 

Walking

There are a variety of walking routes available, catering for all abilities. The routes can be found on the Hertfordshire County Council website.

Policy on memorials in parks and open spaces

We support the needs and principles of allowing memorials in parks and on green space areas. For more information, read our  Policy on memorials (PDF 33KB) or telephone 01442 228000 and ask for 'Clean, Safe and Green'.