ACTIVITIES at Oxford's waterways and parks have been mapped in a bid to get people out exploring and keeping fit as lockdown eases.

Oxford City Council has launched new online information hub showing where and what kinds of outdoor activities can be done in the city.

The city has over 900 acres of parks and green spaces, including local town parks with sports facilities and children’s play areas; nature parks and countryside including Port Meadow and Shotover Country Park; and trails along waterways with access for wheelchair users and buggies.

A new GO Active Outdoors website includes:

• A map of green spaces and waterways and the activities available in them

• Free activities to take part in

• Information on the city’s six ‘fit trails’, routes through the parks that provide free exercise equipment so you can get a gym workout outside

• Information about sports and physical activity classes and clubs to join as restrictions allow

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Councillor Linda Smith, Cabinet Member for Leisure and Parks said: “Our parks and waterways are an amazing resource for people in Oxford that provide a free place to be active, socialise and just relax in nature. They are places for everyone to use, and whatever your age, wherever you live, however mobile you are, there’s something there for you."

The council's Green party welcomed the announcement.

The Green Lord Mayor Craig Simmons added that more should be done to promote outdoor gyms around Oxford.