Simmons Park is a beautiful, large park that is well looked after, enabling circular walks with dogs on gentle terrain or a huge field with plenty of space for a picnic in the summer. There is a car park nearby which although pay and display does not cost very much and is well worth your expense to explore this wonderful place. If you use any of the three footbridges that span the river, you can gain access to the fountain area that is interspersed by ferns in the summer. It is but a long walk into the town centre from here, too.