dog friendly park

Churchland Park

Overview: Churchland Park is rated 4.1/5 from 188 Google reviews. Reviews most often describe it as clean and well kept and spacious with room for dogs to run. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and tree cover and poop bags, seating, and other park extras. Downsides: Some reviews mention maintenance issues with benches or other amenities, inconsistent cleanliness, and noise from nearby dogs or barking.

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4.1(188 reviews)

Overview: Churchland Park is rated 4.1/5 from 188 Google reviews. Reviews most often describe it as clean and well kept and spacious with room for dogs to run. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and tree cover and poop bags, seating, and other park extras. Downsides: Some reviews mention maintenance issues with benches or other amenities, inconsistent cleanliness, and noise from nearby dogs or barking.

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dogs that need room to runowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenities

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Address4051 River Shore Rd, Portsmouth, VA 23703, USA
City pagePortsmouth
Imported fromPortsmouth, VA

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dogs that need room to runowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenitiespark6 Google photos188 reviewsOpen now

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JLEH2 years ago

Nice open area and well kept soccer fields right behind the fire station. I didn’t explore the other areas like the tennis court so I can’t speak for those. I did notice the lack of pictures of the playground (which is what I, myself, was looking for) so I wanted to expand on that. Overall, the playground was ok. It has potential, but needs maintenance to a few of the broken equipment. -For instance, the plastic harness on the inclusive adaptive swing was broken and didn’t latch so kids can fall out. And that was the only swing. -A few of the balance poles on the pebble bridge were missing so kids cannot go all the way to the end. -One of the yellow circle climbers going up the play set was broken on the top so not sure how that affects safety. Other than that I didn’t see any other major safety concerns except for a large black bag of garbage just off the curb only feet from the trash can. I did like that there are 2 play sets, one for little kids and one for older kids. There are lots of opportunities for climbing but only 2 slides, one twist slide on the bigger set and a double slide on the little set. There is also a ramp to enter the playground area for those in wheelchairs or strollers. There are several benches located around the play area but there isn’t much shade, none at all, unless you’re under the actual equipment. There is plenty of space for running, playing ball and basketball courts just a walk a way from the playground. Didn’t see any restrooms. Nonetheless, it’s not a super huge park but it’s worth a visit to let the kiddos burn out some energy.

Missy Miller5 months ago

My grandson plays soccer here and it’s pretty nice. The concession stand is usually open cheap prices with great food.

Laurie Cantin3 years ago

I can’t see a dog park anywhere, driving around but no signs refer to Dog park. I’m now walking around, who knows maybe I’m blind. Ok, no Dog Park here, very nice clean park but this is mainly for baseball, soccer, tennis and a really great children’s play area but that might belong to the school or whatever that building is next door. The climbing gym area seems to be open to anyone to just walking in, I don’t see any trespassing signs or anything. My dog was really excited about possibly seeing other dogs, we left disappointed searching for the next Dog Park on my list.

Barbara Dalea year ago

Was there for my granddaughter'sfirst softball game. Bleachers are available. There are trees and shade. I brought my own chair and sat in the shade behind first base. The umpire deferred to me on some close calls!

Jeff Locke5 years ago

This is a very large and well rounded park for public use. There are many soccer fields, tennis courts and baseball diamonds. The park also has shaded areas and plenty of places to walk. The only down side is that local teenagers are sometimes loud and disrupting when they walk through. It's mostly a nice area.

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  • Monday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Thursday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Friday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Saturday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Sunday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM

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