Cheshire Parks & Recreation Department

Cheshire Parks & Recreation Department Bringing our community together with programs for all ages while preserving the beauty of our town parks.

The Cheshire Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of activities to the residents of Cheshire and maintains the beauty of the many parks in our town. The department maintains and schedules six major park facilities, the Youth Center, the Community Pool and Artsplace.

๐“๐‘๐˜ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐“๐‚๐€๐Œ๐ ๐…๐ˆ๐“๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐‚๐‹๐€๐’๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„! ๐ŸŽ‰Curious about one of our Bootcamp workout class but not ready to commit? Come ...
09/12/2026

๐“๐‘๐˜ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐“๐‚๐€๐Œ๐ ๐…๐ˆ๐“๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐‚๐‹๐€๐’๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„! ๐ŸŽ‰

Curious about one of our Bootcamp workout class but not ready to commit?
Come give it a try ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜!

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
October 6
6:00pm - 6:45pm

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
October 10
9:00am - 9:45am

See if itโ€™s the right fit for you!

Registration is required, so reserve your spot in advance. Space may be limited!

https://cheshirect.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30306

โญ๏ธ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐žโญ๏ธ(Ages: 2-4)Parent/caregiver and child pairs will explore beginner ballet and tap while building coordin...
09/11/2026

โญ๏ธ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐žโญ๏ธ
(Ages: 2-4)

Parent/caregiver and child pairs will explore beginner ballet and tap while building coordination, confidence, and social skills. The session concludes with a short performance for family and friends.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ: https://cheshirect.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=29900

๐’๐Š๐€๐“๐„๐๐Ž๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„!๐Ÿ›นReady to ride? Weโ€™ve got two great skateboarding programs this fall!๐Ÿ›น Learn to Skateboard โ€” Perfe...
09/10/2026

๐’๐Š๐€๐“๐„๐๐Ž๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„!๐Ÿ›น

Ready to ride? Weโ€™ve got two great skateboarding programs this fall!

๐Ÿ›น Learn to Skateboard โ€” Perfect for beginners! Learn pushing, riding, beginner tricks & ramp skills at Bartlem Park Skatepark.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Skateboard Clinic at FLUX Indoor Skatepark โ€” Already comfortable pushing, turning & stopping? Take your skills to the next level with drop-ins, stalls, grinds, tricks & transitions!

Register today at https://cheshirect.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30372

๐๐„๐– ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“ โ—๏ธReady for your children to learn a new language? Weโ€™re excited to offer TWO new programs this fall!๐Ÿคฉ...
09/09/2026

๐๐„๐– ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“ โ—๏ธ

Ready for your children to learn a new language?
Weโ€™re excited to offer TWO new programs this fall!

๐Ÿคฉ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ/๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ & ๐Œ๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก (Ages 3-6)
A playful, movement-based introductory French class designed for young children and their caregivers. We explore basic vocabulary through songs, stories, crafts and interactive activities.

๐Ÿ˜๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก (Ages 7-11)
A fun, beginner-friendly French class for elementary-aged learners. Students build vocabulary through games, role-play, movement and hands-on activities.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ:
https://cheshirect.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30369

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž - ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐–๐„ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐’! ๐Ÿ€Do you love basketball and want to make a difference in your comm...
09/04/2026

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž - ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐–๐„ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐’! ๐Ÿ€

Do you love basketball and want to make a difference in your community?
We are looking for volunteer coaches to help lead our youth basketball programs.

๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ !

If you are interested in helping out our community and being a coach contact Brendan Moran at ๐›๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ@๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ.๐ ๐จ๐ฏ

โฐ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€. ๐๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!The James A. Nankin Award for Recreation Person of the Year...
09/03/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€. ๐๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!

The James A. Nankin Award for Recreation Person of the Year, presented in recognition of outstanding community service, has been awarded to ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž and ๐’๐š๐ฆ ๐Š๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ for 2026.

Congratulations to both!

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ‘ปJoin us for our Kids Cookie Decorating Class and get creative with some seriously cute Hallo...
09/03/2026

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ‘ป

Join us for our Kids Cookie Decorating Class and get creative with some seriously cute Halloween cookies!

Kids will follow step-by-step decorating instructions with The Tasty Sprinkle and decorate their very own set of cookies to take home. Perfect for getting into the Halloween spirit while having a little fun

Date: October 19
Time: 5:30โ€“6:30 PM
Fee: $40 Residents | $45 Non-Residents

๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐จ๐จ!๐Ÿช๐Ÿ’•

Youโ€™re never too old to join in on the cookie-decorating fun! Our adult cookie decorating classes are the perfect chance to get creative, enjoy some sweet treats, and have a little fun.

Date: October 23
Time: 5:30โ€“6:30 PM
Fee: $65 Residents | $70 Non-Residents

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ
https://cheshirect.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30363

Attention: The office will be closed on Monday September 7th in observance of Labor Day.
09/02/2026

Attention: The office will be closed on Monday September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ! ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ŸŽพTennis is a sport for life! Players of all ages will learn fundamental skills, footwo...
09/02/2026

๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ! ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ŸŽพ

Tennis is a sport for life!
Players of all ages will learn fundamental skills, footwork, and
game strategy in a fun, supportive environment.
Participants are grouped by age and ability using the Quick Start Tennis Program.

Register at: https://cheshirect.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30034

๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ŸŽคOrchard Hill Band๐Ÿ—“๏ธSeptember 4, 2026โฐ7:00pm - 9:00pm๐Ÿ“Bartlem Park 520 South Main St. CheshireFood Truck...
09/01/2026

๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ŸŽค
Orchard Hill Band
๐Ÿ—“๏ธSeptember 4, 2026
โฐ7:00pm - 9:00pm
๐Ÿ“Bartlem Park 520 South Main St. Cheshire
Food Trucks on site: Rescue Dogs, and Roysters BBQ

๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค.

Address

559 S Main Street
Cheshire, CT
06410

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+12032722743

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