Steventon Park

You can get to Steventon park several ways. You can drive along the A34 link rd (the one with McDonalds and M&S on near the roundabout), taking the second exit towards Steventon, or you can drive out of Didcot along the Abingdon Rd, turning left towards Appleford, through Sutton Courtney and Drayton and taking a left at the roundabout at Drayton (the right turn takes you towards Abingdon).

We parked in the village hall car park, which is next to the large village green. It was only when we returned I noticed parking is reserved for the users only. There is a long road adjacent to the Causeway, but I have an aversion to parking outside people's houses. 

Find this park on the google map I made for you. 

To get to the park, cross over the road and walk along the Causeway: 

It looks a long way but it's really only about 400 m. The school is down the same road so you could just follow the signs for the school. 

The park has a few things for smaller children: 

And a large climbing frame for older ones, incorporating lots of activities, including monkey bars, a fireman's pole, a beam (about 6 feet off the ground), a climbing wall, a slide and a wobbly bridge. 

My son is rarely intimidated by anything and had a good go with most of the equipment...However, the fireman's pole defeated him. It was an intimidating good 5.5 feet off the ground. We didn't go near the monkey bars.

Bizarely, the swings are incredibly low, leaving little room for feet to swing underneath. Actually, they were so low it was impossible, at least without scrapping leather off trainers or hurting feet in sandals. This applies to both the smaller children's swings, and the older children's which were set at the same height. 

This park doesn't really know who it's for. Yes, there is equipment for very small children, but the bigger activity frame is really quite intimidating for those children who are too big for the little children's things, and the swings not very practical at all, for anyone. 

It's a shame that such a lovely village, with so many amenities, has such a strange unco-ordinated park.  

There are quite a few businesses in Steventon. A lovely, friendly printer, a take-away and a co-op, as well as a couple of pubs.

St Michael and All Angels, has some lovely stained glass: