Cassiobury Park

On Site Facilities

• Car Park (Free)
• Disabled Access
• Disabled Toilets
• Dog Free Area
• Dogs Welcome
• Food & Drink
• Pushchair Friendly Paths
• Sheltered Seating
• Splash Park
• Toilets

Park Information

Watford’s best loved park and one of Britain’s favourite parks has been subject to a major £6.5million restoration, with £4.5million secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery with £2million match funding from Watford Borough Council.

The fantastic new paddling pools with thrilling water splash fountains are open 10am – 7pm daily all summer, and located next to the brand new Cassiobury Park Hub.

There is also a large playground, miniature railway and two outdoor fitness areas, as well as a wide range of events throughout the year. 

Watford’s bandstand is back in the park where it was built over 100 years ago.

If you are after sporting activities, the park provides facilities for football, cricket, tennis, bowls, croquet, fishing and horse riding. Aside from the official marked-out pitches, there is plenty of open space for a kick-about or a game of rounders!

Don’t forget to stop for something to eat or drink in the popular Cha Café or Daisy’s in the Park.

Cassiobury Park has a large number of mature and veteran trees, including a Cedar of Lebanon, which is over 100 years old, and several veteran Oaks.

We hope you enjoy exploring!

Whippendell Wood is a SSSI due to the fact it has never been continuously wooded for hundreds of years and contains rare species of plants and fungi.

Cassiobury became a public park in 1909. Before that it was part of the lands of Cassiobury House, home of the Earls of Essex for over 300 years.  The original lands of Cassiobury House were recorded in an 1837 book by John Britton as ‘stretching to 693 acres including the parkland, the wood walks, lawns and gardens immediately around the house’.  Today the park comprises 190 acres of those lands including modern day Whippendell Wood.

How to get here

6 hours free parking in Gade Avenue car park when you display a ticket from the machine at the entrance.  Directions here

There are 88 spaces in the car park (including six disabled access spaces) but it can fill up early especially on hot summer days. There is limited parking on nearby streets.

By Tube
Cassiobury Park is a 2 minute walk from Watford Station on the Metropolitan Line.

By Train
Watford Junction (1.3 miles) and Watford High Street (2.1 miles) are the two closest overground stations.

By Bus
The 352 and W30 services stop outside Watford Metropolitan line station which is a two minute walk from the park. Alternatively many more services stop in Watford town centre.

Further information on public transport is available here: www.intalink.org.uk and www.nationalrail.co.uk 

There are designated segregated cycle paths in Cassiobury Park.

To protect the vulnerable (SSSI) environment of the Whippendell Wood please only use the perimeter path.

There is actually a bylaw prohibiting cycling in the rest of the woods due to the impact of wheels and jump construction on the rare plants and fungi.