Facilities at central park include:
- a paddling pool
- sunken garden
- sensory garden
- aviary
- bowling greens
- putting green
- tennis (grass and synthetic)
- bowling
- children's play area
- picnic area
- paddling pool
- sandpit
- formal gardens
- Buttercross Tearooms (open all year-round)
There are lots of events that take place in the park ranging
from concerts, open air theatre productions, sports courses, teddy
bears picnics and fun days. The park takes particular pride in its
Ranger service, whose community-based projects include educational
visits, wildflower planting, installation of school-built bat
boxes, local sponsorship for the formal flower beds and continued
development with the Friends of the Park Group.