West Flanders is located in Shawnee at the corner of 55th and Nieman. This park has always had a special meaning to me as some of my ancestors helped form this park. It is know to some as the Belgian Park.
Park Features
West Flanders Park features a half mile walking trail. But it’s famous in Shawnee for the Rose Garden which was removed in 2020 and now features a lovely garden with many types of plants ran by Johnson County Master Gardners. The paved walking trail has benches to sit and lovely trees.
There are two shelters. One near the parking lot with restrooms, and another near the playground. Other features are a playground, green space, swings, and restrooms. There is a nice paved path around the playground and a second shelter. Very nice with littles ridding scooters or balance bikes. The shelters feature grills along with picnic tables.
A new feature of 2021 is a WWI Memorial Plaza with a circle field of Poppies.
West Flanders Playground Features
The playground features two traditional swings and two infant swings. The magical features of this playground is that it looks like a castle and there is even a sea monster protecting the castle for kids to climb on. There is a small wavy slide and curved slide accessible by steps to get to the larger playground from this side you would need to use the swinging monkey bars. The other side of the playground has more steps to reach the small curved slide that bridges into the large part of the castle.
The larger part of the castle has a double slide and a swirly slide with a platform connecting the two. On the ground floor there is a tunnel in the castle. One of the other ways to get to the top part of the castle is swirly steps with the fire pole in the middle.
Overall, this playground is wonderful with shade, bathrooms, paved walk path, beautiful flowers, and shelters. The rubber ground also means that it’s easy to play on with rubber mulch under the swing area. You should check out this magical castle playground next time you’re in Shawnee.
Looking for other playgrounds in Shawnee, check out this list!
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