Best Dog Friendly Parks In Sydney Near Me

4worldlovers: At all times. Extensive off-leash areas with a paddling pool for dogs.

Prohibited areas: Wetlands, Alan Davidson Oval, Sydney Park Cycling Centre, playground, barbecue areas.

2 fitness stations featuring a range of equipment for bodyweight exercise. Some equipment is wheelchair accessible.


Adjacent to the Alan Davidson Oval near the Euston Rd entrance and car park.


Network of wetlands that play host to a range of resident and visiting birds and wildlife.


Expansive plaza area with rails, ledges and banks, plus a beginner bowl area.


Zones to suit every ability and style of skating, scooting and BMX riding.


3 metre-deep flow bowl for skaters and riders looking to push their skills.


The award-winning track is next to the Sydney Park Cycling Centre. It has a shaded learn-to-ride area where kids can take part in bike clinics and courses. Tackle the twists, turns and challenges that help city kids to learn safe riding skills.

4worldlovers:
Rushcutters Bay Park is a harbourside park with a foreshore walk connecting to Yarranabbe Park. The park has two sportsfields that cater for cricket, rugby union and soccer, and it has an outdoor personal fitness station. It is also a great place to enjoy a picnic on a sunny day or have a coffee at the parks next to the playground.

Dogs are permitted on leash at all times and unleashed between 3:30pm and 10:30am.

Originally called Blackburn Cove honouring the Master of HM Armed Tender Supply. Since the area saw much activity by convicts cutting reeds as a source of roof thatching in the early days of the colony, the name became established as the 'Rushcutting Bay' from which the present name derives. The creek has two arms; that rising in present day Darlinghurst and the other, Glenmore Brook, rising in Woollahra and which passed through lower Paddington - the valley also carried the romantic name Lacro.

A heritage-listed stormwater channel divides Rushcutters Bay Park between Woollahra Council and City of Sydney, which manages the western half of the park.

Download the Rushcutters Bay Park, Yarranabbe Park and Plantation Reserve Plan of Management (PDF, 2.8 MB)

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4worldlovers: By law, dogs must be on a leash in public places unless the area is a designated off-leash area

New dog off-leash etiquette signage has been installed in many of the Inner West Council off-leash parks. Council recommends that dog walkers follow these tips so that everyone is able to enjoy our shared spaces.


Inner West Council provides a number of off-leash dog exercise areas. The use of parks by dog walkers is encouraged and recognised by Council as creating a positive sense of community if conducted in a responsible manner.

Signposts have been installed in many parks highlighting areas in which dogs can be exercised on and off leash. Some off leash areas operate on a time-share basis, meaning you can only exercise your dog off leash between designated hours each day or when organised sporting or training activities are not taking place.

Dog walkers must ensure their dog is under effective control at all times and does not become a nuisance or impede on the enjoyment of other park users. Dog walkers must clean up and properly dispose their dog's faeces.

Please remember that dogs are not allowed on or off-leash in the following places:

Below is a list of parks in the local area with off-leash dog exercise areas, sorted by suburb:

Cohen Park is available for leash-free dog exercise EXCEPT during organised sporting games, training and events, when dogs must be on a leash. Dogs are not permitted in the fenced court areas.

A designated area of the park (between the bridge near Taylor Street and the underpass at The Crescent) is available for leash-free dog exercise at any time of the day EXCEPT when organised sporting activites are taking place, at which time dogs must be on a leash. Dogs are not permitted within 10 metres of the children's playground area.

**Please note there have been recent changes to the Whites Creek Valley Park dog off-leash exercise area between Piper and Brenan Streets. Check the map below or the on-site signage before allowing your dog off-leash.**

The open, grassed area, bound by White Street, Piper Street and Whites Creek, is available for off-leash exercise at any time of day. The pathway that runs parallel to the creek remains on-leash at all times. A designated area on the eastern side of Whites Creek Valley Park – bound by Whites Creek, Piper Street, Smith Street and Wisdom Street – is available for leash-free dog exercise any time of the day. A third designated area on the western side of Whites Creek - beside the Community Garden on White Street - is also available for leash-free dog exercise at any time of day. Dogs must remain on a leash outside of these areas. Dogs are not permitted in the small separate section adjacent to Arguimbau Street.

Ann Cashman Reserve is available for leash-free dog exercise between the hours of 4pm and 10am during non-daylight saving time, and 5pm and 10am during daylight saving time, weekends and public holidays. Dogs must remain on a leash outside of these times. Dogs are not permitted within 10 metres of the children's playground area.

A designated area of Birrung Park is available for leash-free dog exercise at any time of the day.

A designated area of Elkington Park – the north-western section between Tilba Avenue and White Horse Point – is available for leash-free dog exercise at any time of the day. The rest of the park is available for leash-free dog exercise between the hours of 4pm and 10am during non-daylight saving time, and 5pm and 10am during daylight saving time, weekends and public holidays. Dogs must remain on a leash outside of these times. Dogs are not permitted within 10 metres of the children's playground area.

Ewenton Park is available for leash-free dog exercise between the hours of 4pm and 10am during non-daylight saving time, and 5pm and 10am during daylight saving time, weekends and public holidays. Dogs must remain on a leash outside of these times.

A designated area of Illoura Reserve – the grassed area between the playground and Peacock Point – is available for leash-free dog exercise at any time of the day. Dogs are not permitted within 10 metres of the children's playground area.