Lawson Park

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Updated 24 May 2026

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Lawson Park is a dog-friendly park in Mudgee with plenty of shade. Just 450m away, Kelly's Irish Pub is a great nearby spot to relax with your dog after a walk.

Dog rules

Dogs are welcome on-leash at Lawson Park, a council park on the Cudgegong River. Under the NSW Companion Animals Act 1998, dogs must be kept on a lead and under the effective control of a competent person in public places throughout the Mid-Western Region, except in designated off-leash areas.

At a glance

Shade availableFrom reviews
Parking nearbyFrom reviews
Toilets nearbyFrom reviews
On-leash onlyAdmin team verified
2 Short St, Mudgee NSW 2850

Before you go

  • 💧No confirmed drinking water — bring your own to be safe.
  • 🗑Poo bags not confirmed — best to bring your own.

What people say

★★★★★1 year ago

Beautiful well maintained park with clean public toilets and childrens playground. The park extends on the other side of the bridge where you can do the sculpture walk along a pathway. This park is dog friendly with doggy bags if you have forgotten your own supply.

★★★★5 months ago

There's plenty of shady trees to sit under and there are also picnic tables, some under shelter. There's a good children's playground, but my favourite part was the array of sculptures lining the walkway for everyone to admire free of charge. It makes your walk more pleasurable...and the black swans and ducks swimming past the water lillies on the river were peaceful to watch. It's even fun watching the koi come up for a feed, or looking for turtles! It's a fantastic park to visit.

★★★★8 months ago

Beautiful park with interesting species of birds. Even a pelican was seen on the river which we thought was unusual. Great seating facilities and there’s also a local pool which was closed but good to know it’s there. Plenty of parking and very family friendly. A nice and pleasant walk as well.

★★★★★1 year ago

A perfect opportunity to amuse ourselves at the Lawson Park Markets in Mudgee. We’d taken a walk through this park previously and it was great to see it come alive with stalls. It would be reasonable to think that the markets would consist of the same vendors, setting up in different locations on different Saturdays of the month - but no. Obviously some of the faces are the same but there were also a few garage-sale type stalls at this market which was bargain-central picking up a nice silver pendant as well as somely lovely treats.

★★★★3 years ago

This is a lovely park with lot's of sculptures along the path beside the river. It has a viewing platform that gives you a good view of the river. A play area for the kids, tables & seats. You can walk under the bridge but unfortunately it could do with a good clean up and there were several shopping trolley's in the water. Plenty of seat's along the walk to have a rest.

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