A quiet large park with three baseball diamonds, a basketball court and vast, sprawling soccer and lacrosse fields. The football stadium, Blocksidge Field, is named for John Blocksidge, a Swampscott veteran who was killed in WW I. The field is home to the Big Blue football team. The field house was erected in 1948 and dedicated to the heroic Swampscott men who lost their lives in World War II.
The department, located on the second floor at historic Town Hall, offers year-round programs for children and adults.
In winter, programs include basketball, skiing, indoor tennis, soccer and track.
Two of the largest programs, playgrounds and sailing, take place during the summer, from the end of June to mid-August.
Playgrounds serve about 250 children, and the sailing programs offer instruction to about 175 students.
Various camps are hosted in the summer as well. The department adds new programs each year.
Linscott is a spacious park marked by a gazebo and large, old trees.
It borders Hadley Elementary School and Monument Avenue and offers views of the ocean, the town's first church and grand Victorian-style homes with turrets and porches that run the full front of the house..
The park includes a swing set, open green space, shade trees, benches and a white gazebo topped by a small cupola.