Our Parks

Melton Mowbray Town Estate look after all of the most prominent green spaces within the town of Melton, these parks are maintained and upgraded at no cost to the tax payer. Our parks include: Play Close, Egerton Park and Wilton Park, along with the Memorial Gardens.

Our Parks

Play Close

Play Close has been the venue for Melton Mowbray’s shows, reenactments, and fairs for more than a century.

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Melton Town Parks

Play Close

Play Close has been the venue for Melton Mowbray’s shows, reenactments, and fairs for more than a century. Play Close is a wonderful green space at the centre of Melton Mowbray life, and the Town Estate regularly hosts events and attractions there. With its skate park, modern children’s play areas, and a bandstand, Play Close Park is the perfect place for a picnic, for children to play, and to enjoy an event or performance.

 

Photograph by Robert Jankowiak

Wilton Park

Wilton Park boasts all-weather tennis courts, a putting green, a pitch & putt, meticulously maintained lawns, and ornamental shrubberies.

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Melton Town Parks

Wilton Park

Wilton Park boasts all-weather tennis courts, a putting green, a pitch & putt, meticulously maintained lawns, and ornamental shrubberies. It’s a lovely spot for a riverside picnic, a quiet walk, or even a game of five-a-side football on the dedicated pitch. Wilton Park seems tranquil, even when it’s busy.

 

Photograph by Robert Jankowiak

Egerton Park

The sheer size of Egerton Park makes it well-suited for team sport and it has football, hockey and cricket pitches laid over its 17 acres.

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Melton Town Parks

Egerton Park

Bordered on three sides by the beautiful River Eye, the sheer size of Egerton Park makes it well-suited for team sport; no wonder it is the home ground of Egerton Park Cricket Club and hosts their home matches, come rain or shine. Over the river from Egerton Park are our beautiful Memorial Gardens. The Gardens were purchased by the Town Estate in 1929 and developed into a permanent memorial to the people of Melton Mowbray, who fought for their country but never returned.

 

Photograph by Robert Jankowiak