Great Brook Valley Playground is located next to the Great Brook Valley Housing Complex, which is a part of the Worcester Housing Authority. Nearby residents, or local sports teams, can come here to play softball, soccer, or other games on the multi-purpose field. 

This park has a softball field and a multi-purpose field for playing sports and games! This park also abuts the Poor Farm Brook on its north-east corner. Nearby to Great Brook Valley Playground are Holland Rink Playground and Tacoma Street Playground.

Grant Square is a 1.7-acre park located in the Green Hill neighborhood of Worcester, near Lincoln Street, I-290, and Belmont Street. The park property was acquired in two sections - a smaller portion in 1892, and a larger tract (from private owners) in 1904. The smaller site was originally intended for use as a school house, but after the larger piece was acquired, the two were combined into a single tract for park use. The origin of the park's current name is unknown; it was originally called "St. Charles Park".

Farber Field is a small 3 acre city park located off of Moreland Street on Camelot Drive, on Worcester's West Side. This park features a newly renovated, synthetic multi-purpose field that hosts soccer teams from Worcester Youth Soccer and Doherty Memorial High School.

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Fairmount Park is located atop Poet Laureate Hill off of Grove Street. Largely a neighborhood park, it has a playground, circular half basketball court and a picnic area. This park also features amazing views of downtown Worcester. In addition, Fairmount Park has an amphitheater and occasionally hosts various events at the park.

Elm Park is a historic public park in Worcester. Originally called "New Common", the original 27 acres of Elm Park were purchased in 1854, thus making Worcester one of the first cities in the United States to expend public funds to purchase land for use as a public park.

In 1864, Thomas and Eliza Dodge moved to Worcester, where they became generous donors to many organizations. In 1881, he and Charles Washburn organized the Worcester Barbed Wire Fence Company. Thomas Dodge donated the 13 acres of land to establish Dodge Park in 1889. He was an inventor, in addition to studying law. Dodge died on February 12, 1910, leaving a rich legacy of philanthropy to the City of Worcester.

The Crompton Family, for who the park is named, made their fortune in the manufacturing of looms, which was one of Worcester's first and largest industries. George Crompton was said to have revolutionized textile manufacturing. He is a part of the current day Civil War Memorial statue. By 1893, the Crompton factory was the largest fancy loom works in the country. Much of the land by the factory was owned by the family.

Cristoforo Colombo Park, also known as East Park, is an important neighborhood and city-wide park located within the busy and vibrant Shrewsbury Street commercial district. East Park is easily recognizable because of the two stone griffins (lions with wings) flanking the park entrance.

Cookson Field is a large open-space and recreation area located within the College Hill residential neighborhood in south-central Worcester, near Holy Cross College and the Auburn border. The park site was purchased by the City of Worcester on June 3, 1936 from real estate developer Herbert E. Howe, and named for Mayor Walter Cookson, who died in office on June 11, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio.