Project details

Council is trialling flood lights at our sports grounds to turn on from 5pm and remain on until 9pm every night from 1 July to 31 August 2024.

We are inviting you to provide your feedback. Your comments will be evaluated and a decision made whether the changes will be put in place permanently from June to October every year.

More information

Proposal is to extend the lighting hours at all council-managed sports grounds:

  • allowing lights to remain on until at least 9:00pm
  • seven days a week
  • between June 1 and October 1

Council aims to keep our sporting grounds open to maximise community use and benefit. However, in periods of wet weather or for maintenance and upgrades the sporting grounds may be closed and lighting with be automatically switched off by Council.

Sports grounds in the Inner West are widely used by the community for organised and casual leisure and exercise year round, however not all sports grounds provide lighting after dusk. Adequate lighting of parks and sports grounds is important to facilitate community safety, wellbeing and equal access for residents and visitors, and a lack of lighting can curtail use particularly during winter months.

  1. Algie Park
  2. Arlington Recreation Reserve
  3. Ashfield Park
  4. Balmain Road (Callan Park)
  5. Birchgrove Oval
  6. Blackmore Park
  7. Camperdown Oval
  8. Centenary Park
  9. Cohen Park
  10. Easton Park
  11. Glover Street (Callan Park)
  12. Hammond Park
  13. HJ Mahoney Reserve
  14. King George Park
  15. Leichhardt #2
  16. Leichhardt #3
  17. Mackey Park
  18. Marrickville Park
  19. Petersham Park
  20. Pratten Park
  21. Steel Park
  22. Tempe Reserve
  23. Waterfront Drive (Callan Park)


Which are not in the trial?

  1. Camdenville Park - closed due to upgrade works
  2. Lambert Park - due to leasing arrangements
  3. Leichhardt Oval - due to conditions in Park Plan of Management
  4. Henson - Sports ground lighting extension already in place https://yoursay.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/hensonparklig...

We're writing to residents around the grounds, and putting up informative signage.

Have your say

  • Online using the form below
  • Call us on 02 9392 5634
  • Email aaron.callaghan@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
  • Mail us at Inner West Council, PO BOX 14, Petersham, NSW, 2049 (Att: Aaron Callaghan)
  • Contact the National Relay Service, Monday to Friday between 9am-4pm and provide our phone number 02 9392 5634 for:
    • Voice relay call 1300 555 727
    • TTY (speak and read) call 133 677
    • SMS relay call 0423 677 767

Feedback form

To complete the survey please join to create an account, or login to an existing account. Please note - Your Say Inner West accounts have separate login details from other Inner West Council online accounts.

What happens next?

Following the trial, a report including feedback from park users will be considered by Council at one of its meeting. A decision will be made as to whether lighting at all council-managed sports grounds, will remain on:

  • until at least 9:00pm
  • seven days a week
  • between June 1 and October 1
  • annually