Falkner Square Gardens

mrsmollyc

10 Apr 2026

Secret chess garden!

5

5

Date of visit: November 2025

Overall Rating

Excellent

This was a little park that I stumbled across that had concrete chess tables built into the garden!

Disabled Access In and Around

Excellent

This was a small little garden in the centre of some residential roads. It had a small structure in the centre which had some information about the square. The paths were all smooth and laid with compacted dirt or sand. When I visited lots of leaves had been falling so some parts of the path did have lots of leaves covering it. There were lots of benches around the park. My absolute favourite part were the concrete chess tables and chairs that were built into the park. There were a couple of them, some with just two concrete seats, some with three.

Accessible facilities: Single-level venue, Step-free entrance, Seating at regular intervals, Step-free access to most areas

Parking & Transport

Poor

I travelled to this place by walk or wheel

There is a bus stop on Grove Street, just outside the park, called Falkner Square. The buses 201 and 699 are available from here.