Important Parks and Beaches in Chennai

Important Parks in Chennai

Sl. No	Name of the Park	Location & Landmarks	Visiting Information	Other Details
1	Tholkappia Park	Adayar / Opp. Govt. Music College, Santhome High Road	Opening time-9.30 am to 12.30 pm & 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm, Sunday-Weekly holiday & Rs.5 Entry Fee/Visitor	Other Name of the park-Adayar Eco Park
2	Semmozhi Park	Cathedral Road / Opp. American Consulate, Teynampet	Opening time-6 am to 8 am (For morning walkers) & 10 am to 8 pm (For visitors), Tuesday-Weekly holiday & Rs.15 Entry fee/Visitor	-
3	Natesan Park	T.Nagar / Venkatanarayan Rd, T.Nagar	Opening time-5 am to 10 am & 4 pm to 8pm.	-
4	Panagal Park	T.Nagar / Opp. SBI Bank, Prakasam Rd, T.Nagar	-	-
5	Jeeva Park	T.Nagar / G.N. Chetty Rd, T.Nagar	-	-
6	Independence Day Park	Nungambakkam	-	-
7	Dr. Nageshwara Rao Park	Mylapore / Near Luz Corner, Mylapore	Opening time-5 am to 8 pm	-
8	Secretariat Park	Fort St. George / Opp. Secretariat, Rajaji Salai	-	-
9	Anna Park	Royapuram / Opp. RSRM Hospital, Cemetery Road	-	Other name of the park-Robinson Park
10	People’s Park	Sydenhams Rd, Periyamedu / Near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Opening time-4 am to 10 am & 4 pm to 8 pm	Other name of the park-My Lady’s Park
11	Dr. MGR Park	K.K.Nagar	-	-
12	Sivan Park	P.T.Rajan Road, K.K.Nagar	-	-
13	May Day Park	Deputy Mayor Kabalamoorthy Rd, Sindhadhiripettai	-	-
14	Dr. Visvesvaraya Tower Park	Anna Nagar / Anna Nagar Roundana	-	-
15	Thiru Vi. Ka. Park	Shenoy Nagar	-	Other name of the park-Napier Park
16	Dr.Annie Besant Park	Triplicane / Near Vivekanandha House	-	Other name of the park-Traffic Island
17	Nehru Park	Keezhppakkam	-	-
18	Jai Nagar Park	Opp. CMBT, Koyambedu	-	-
19	Dr. Muthulakshmi Park	Adayar	-	-
20	Gandhi Park	Perambur	-	-
21	Flyover Park	Perambur	-	-
22	Kalaignar Karunanidhi Park	Perambur / Near Perambur Barracks Road	-	-
23	Muthurangam Park	Near Shanmugham Road, Tambaram
24	Mayor Sundararao Park	-	-	-
25	Ashok Nagar Park	-	-	-
26	Kodambakkam High Road Park	-	-	-
27	Indira Nagar Park	-	-	-
28	Nesappakkam Park	-	-	-
29	Chetput Aeri Park	-	-	-
30	Vasuki Park	Kodungaiyur	-	-
31	Sathyavani Muthu Nagar Park	-	-	-
32	Jeeva Park	Ayananavaram	-	-
33	Labour Colony Park	-	-	-
34	Journalist Colony Park	-	-	-
35	Turn Bulls Road Park	-	-	-
36	Gill Nagar Park	-	-	-
37	Haddows Park	-	-	-
38	Bogun Villa Park	-	-	-
39	BPC Park	-	-	-
40	G Block Park	-	-	-
41	Mathur MMDA Park	-	-	-
42	Botanical Garden	Madhavaram	-	-

Beaches in Chennai

Sl. No	Name of the Beach	Location & Landmarks	Nearest Entertainment Places & Other Details	Notes
1	Marina Beach	Kamarajar Road, Near University of Madras	Light House, Vivekananda House, Dr. Annie Besant Park, Anna & MGR Memorial	It is the second longest beach in the world. Former Madras Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff built the promenade along the beach in 1884 and named it ‘Madras Marina’ in the same year.
2	Elliot’s Beach	Besant Nagar	Karl Schmidt Memorial, Ashtalakshmi Temple & Annai Velankanni Church	Other names of the beach are ‘Besant Nagar Beach’ and ‘Bessie’. The beach was named so after Madras Governor ‘Edward Elliot’.
3	Kovalam (Covelong) Beach	ECR Road, Near Mahabalipuram	-	Main attraction here is the water sports.
4	Mahabalipuram Beach	ECR Road	Shore Temple	Other name of the beach is ‘Mamallapuram Beach’.
5	VGP Golden Beach	ECR Road	Beach Resorts in Injambakkam	-