Heading to the park with the promise of a coffee or juice can sometimes be just the motivation we need to make it out the door! Here’s our list of all the parks and playgrounds around Ryde that offer the elusive combination – a coffee within a few hundred metres!
Burwood Park
- Address: 16 Park Ave, Burwood
- Coffee: The Picnic, Burwood
The Canopy, Lane Cove
- Address: 2 Rosenthal Ave, Lane Cove
- Coffee: Multiple eateries surrounding the playground
Carmen Drive Reserve, Carlingford
- Address: Cnr Oakes Road and Carmen Drive, Carlingford
- Coffee: Tilted
Charles Heath Reserve, Five Dock
- Address: Queens Road, Five Dock
- Coffee: Papas Pasticceria and Five Dock Leisure Centre
Douglass Avenue Reserve, Carlingford
- Address: 24 Woodstock Rd, Carlingford
- Coffee: The Woodstock Collective
ELS Hall Park, North Ryde
- Address: 109A Kent Rd, North Ryde
- Coffee: Kiosk inside the sports hall
Fred Robertson Park, Oatlands
- Address: 60 Kissing Point Rd, Dundas
- Coffee: Parradisiac
Figtree Park, Hunters Hill
- Address: 40A Gladesville Road, Hunters Hill
- Coffee: Stoneground Bakery
Halvorsen Park, Ermington
- Address: 40 Seamist Avenue, Ermington
- Coffee: Salt and Butter Cafe
Heatley Reserve, East Ryde
- Address: Sager Place, East Ryde
- Coffee: Fox and Bird Cafe
Lachlan’s Line Park, Macquarie Park
- Address: Jarvis Cct, Macquarie Park
- Coffee: Lachlan’s Village Square
Livvi’s Place – Timbrell Park, Five Dock
- Address: 19 Henley Marine Drive, Five Dock
- Coffee: Livvi’s Park Cafe
Mindarie Park, Lane Cove North
- Address: Corner of Kullah Parade and Mindarie Street, Lane Cove North (off Mowbray Road).
- Coffee: Pick Me Up Cafe
Monash Park, Gladesville
- Address: Ryde Rd, Gladesville
- Coffee: Barista Haus
Paperbark Playground – Pavillion Flat, Parramatta Park
- Address: George Street Gatehouse in Parramatta Park on O’Connell Street.
- Coffee: Good George Cafe
Rhodes Foreshore Park
- Address: 142 Shoreline Drive, Rhodes
- Coffee: Bare Witness
Ryde Park
- Address: Blaxland Rd, Ryde
- Coffee: Sotto Cafe
Santa Rosa Playground, Ryde
- Address: Quarry Rd, Ryde
- Coffee: Brit’s Kitchen and Midway
St Ives Village Green Playground and Skate Park
- Address: Village Green Parade, St Ives
- Coffee: St Ives Shopping Centre
Wadanggari Park St Leonards
- Address: 568 Pacific Highway, St Leonards
- Coffee: Multiple eateries surrounding the playground within Mall 88
Waterloo Park, Marsfield
- Address: 199 Waterloo Rd, Marsfield
- Coffee: Trafalgar Place Mall