A park was a managed area of grass and trees, often used for recreation. Large parks could be found within cities on Earth, such as Hyde Park in London (COMIC: The Eagle of the Reich) and Central Park in New York City. (COMIC: Spiral Staircase ^[+]Nick Abadzis, Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor (Titan Comics, 2015).)

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On 17 October 1975, Jefred's ship crashed into Reykjavik after an intergalactic voyage from Xefora 7. Aided by paintwork containing a genetic coating and his innate ability to become invisible, he lived undetected in a park until the missing ambionic stabiliser from his ship was recovered from Kyla a week later. (AUDIO: Women's Day Off)

By the 21st century, Central Park was located in the middle of Manhattan in New York City. (COMIC: Spiral Staircase ^[+]Nick Abadzis, Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor (Titan Comics, 2015).)

In 2002, uranium was being mined in Kakadu National Park. (PROSE: Unnatural History ^[+]Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999).)

A week after the Slitheen's failed attempt to plunge Earth into nuclear war on 6-7 March 2006, Mickey Smith (TV: Aliens of London ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., World War Three ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) conducted an interview with Henry Van Statten. Van Statten, comparing aliens to "daytrippers in the park", said that they leave things behind on Earth. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten ^[+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)

In the late 2010s, the Twelfth Doctor observed that, during the Monk invasion of Earth in 2017, the Monks had put up statues of themselves in every park. (TV: The Lie of the Land ^[+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017).)

The Second and Eighth Doctors once unknowingly ran past one another, and an echo of Clara Oswald, at an American park. While looking at both incarnations, the echo ultimately chose to follow the Second Doctor. (The Name of the Doctor ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).)