BLYTHE HILL PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Triple pull up bar
- Dip bars
- Monkey bars
Cool:
- Pull up bars are a good height
- Dip bars are a good length
- Grass matting around the equipment
Not cool:
- Bars are stainless steel (really bad grip - bring chalk)
- Dip bars are really low
BROCKWELL PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Triple pull up bar
- Dip bars
- Monkey bars
Cool:
- The highest pull up bar is a good height
- Dip bars are a really good height and width
Not cool:
- Really narrow pull up bars
- A lot of movement in one of the dip bars
DULWICH PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Triple pull up bar
- Dip bars
Cool:
- It's a nice park, I like Dulwich
Not cool:
- The pull up bars are like handbars
- Lots of other equipment in the park that looks awful
HILLY FIELDS PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Double pull up bar
- Dip bars
- Monkey bars
- Push up bars
- Hurdles
Cool:
- Lots of equipment
Not cool:
- Pull up bars are really, really thick
- The concrete below the pull up bars is exposed (expect a twisted ankle at best by the end of your workout)
- Dip bars are uneven (make sure you do a set facing each way)
- Equipment is really old
KENNINGTON PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Pull up bars
- Dip bars
- Monkey bars
- Abs bench
Cool:
- Lots of equipment (multiple pull up bars and dip bars)
- All of the bars are a good height and length
- Used by high level calisthenics athletes
Not cool:
- Some of the pull up bars are coming loose (they also squeak a lot)
- Avoid the toilets, they're creepy
MAYOW PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Pull up bars
- Dip bars
- Climbing rope
- Abs bench
- Hurdles
- Parallettes (kind of)
- Rings (kind of)
Cool:
- Dip bars are a good length and okay height
- There's a lot of equipment
Not cool:
- It feels like children's playground equipment more than an outdoor gym
- The pull up bar is pretty narrow
- The rings and parallettes are a bit weird
PECKHAM RYE PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Double pull up bar
- Dip bars
Cool:
- Pull up bars are stable
- Wet pour flooring is good for winter months (ignoring the uneven parts, with big puddles)
- Bars are well used and easy to find people to train with
Not cool:
- Pull up bars are very low and narrow (I'm 5'7 and the high bar is too low for me)
- Dip bars are too wide to actually use (literally can't use them for dips)
ST FRANCIS PARK BARS
Equipment:
- Double pull up bar
Cool:
- Bars are a good width and decent height
- Next to a big Sainsburys car park if driving
Not cool:
- Only one piece of equipment
- Part of a kids playground/park
- Gates to get in are often locked