Overview
Ghent Dog Park, also known as Barkley Gardens, is a 0.61 acre fully fenced city park in the historic Ghent neighbourhood of Norfolk, Virginia, in the 1300 block of Stockley Gardens between Maury and Baldwin Avenues.
The City of Norfolk designated the site as an off-leash dog park in 2003, and the Ghent Dog Park Association built it out in 2004.
It is free and open to anyone.
Amenities are simple: waste bags, bins, a watering station and plenty of open space.
Park Details
Dog Park Features
Opening Hours
- Every day7am to 7:30pm
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Map & Directions
- 1310 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, VA 23517
- 36.865211, -76.294692
Planning Your Visit to Ghent Dog Park
The park describes itself as a community centre without the building, and that is a fair description of how it works. Hundreds of people pass through each week and the regulars know each other.
That makes it a good park for a sociable dog and a harder one for a dog that finds crowds difficult.
At 0.61 acres it is compact, suited to a run and a sniff rather than sustained hard exercise.
Its position in central Ghent makes it walkable from much of the neighbourhood, which is the point.
The Ghent Dog Park Association can be reached on 757-609-0437.
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