This was the place to be when I was in high school, it's really close to my house and I was really into skateboarding, so the tennis courts were the place to be for flat ground skateboarding since they weren't in use. The half pipe, like the rest of the Marlborough skatepark was built by the city, if you're really into skateboarding like myself you'd notice it's poorly built, but i'm not going to knock them for trying to help out the youth. There's a lot of punks there, and growing up it wasn't really policed like it is now, so a lot of shenanigans would occur, they still do now, but it is nothing major. I'm very glad to see they're actually building a little skatepark down there, and you can tell everyone truly appreciates it, there's always quite a few people down there. Of course Ward Park needs some TLC, but it still is a landmark of Marlborough.
Another nice touch done by the city was the fact they added a new playground for the little ones, growing up it was a little run down and I really enjoyed the old school firetruck jungle gym thingy. However, it needed more with all these new little ones running around on the downtown side of Marlborough. It's a nice size playground with every piece you need to get a enjoyable time out of the area.
The wading pool is, more or less what you would expect out of a wading pool. I haven't been over there in years but, not much has changed. It is a pool that is only a few feet deep, no more than 3' I believe, it also has a mushroom with water running out the top of it, which, if you live in Marlborough you'll know it's exactly like the one they have at the wading pool at the old "Hildreth school".
As I said earlier, I used to go there all the time, but if you're going there by yourself beware. This generation thinks they're untouchable, so be weary.
It's also a nice place to go sledding, during these wintery times! read more