Aberdeen's Parks and Green Spaces

Aberdeen has six city parks, seven local parks, 32 neighbourhood parks and many more green spaces around the city. Details of bus routes to some city parks are available from First Aberdeen bus company.

CITY PARKS

These are defined as "large parks with a number of different facilities, capable of attracting large numbers of residents and visitors from a wide catchment area… Due to the scale of city parks and the facilities provided… there is potential for visitors to spend several hours or a full day in the park, and they will be of regional importance for leisure use." (Aberdeen City Council Parks Hierarchy document, 1998). These are:

Duthie Park

Johnston_Gardens

LOCAL PARKS

These are defined as parks that "generally serve a smaller catchment area than city parks… have fewer facilities and/or be of a smaller size than a city park, but can contain specific attractions. Most visitors will be from the immediate locality but some will travel further to use specialist facilities, e.g. sports centres or horticultural features in season." (Aberdeen City Council Parks Hierarchy document, 1998). These are:

Johnston Gardens

Rubislaw and Queens Terrace Gardens

Allan Park

Rubislaw_Queens_Terrace Stewart Park

Bon Accord Terrace Gardens

Union Terrace Gardens

Westfield Park

For further information, you can download a copy of the Aberdeen Parks and Green Space Strategy 2006 here.

GreenSTAT

GreenSTAT is a system that gives local residents the opportunity to comment on the quality of their open spaces and how well they feel they are being managed and maintained. It allows site managers to compare the results with others up and down the country to give a truly national voice of what we think about our open spaces.