Mary Brookes Reserve Fenced Dog Park

Mary Brookes Reserve Fenced Dog Park in St Helens Park is a fully fenced, secure off-leash area managed by Campbelltown City Council, with basic agility equipment on site to keep active dogs engaged. The complete perimeter fence is the reason to make the trip: your dog can run flat out without a bolting risk, which is a rare luxury in the Campbelltown fringe suburbs.

The dog setup

The fence line is your leash-free boundary. Owners remain inside the park and supervise their dog for the whole visit, gates are closed immediately on entry and exit with no exceptions, and waste is picked up and binned. Any dog showing aggression is leashed and removed straight away. Step outside the fenced area into the surrounding reserve and the standard on-leash rule applies again.

What is on site

A grassed surface suited to running, secured perimeter fencing, basic dog agility equipment, doggie water bubblers and waste disposal bins. It is a simple kit rather than a full build-out, but everything on the list works, and the compact size keeps play visible from any spot in the yard. The footprint is deliberate: a dog entering through the gate is visible to everyone inside within seconds, which takes the stress out of early socialisation visits. Street parking is available along Kellerman Drive.

Max: treat the gate like a checkpoint. Closed behind you before you even think about unclipping the lead.

Getting there and parking

The park sits on Kellerman Drive in St Helens Park, an easy drive from Campbelltown, Ambarvale and Rosemeadow, with the Appin Road corridor close by for arrivals from the south. Street parking along Kellerman Drive puts the gate a short walk away, and the reserve outside the fence suits a leashed cool-down lap before the drive home.

While you are out there

The coffee legs are close: Sugar Mint Cafe and Queenie Bakery in Campbelltown both suit a leashed pit stop, and XS Espresso in Rosemeadow sits on the northern side of the run home.

More options are on the NSW dog friendly parks guide and the St Helens Park destination page.