page_title: Albert Park and Lake
section_title: Facilities and features
hierarchical_section_title: Albert Park and Lake / Facilities and features
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake of Albert Park &amp; Melbourne City Skylines, in 2016.
context_page_description: Albert Park and Albert Park Lake are situated in the City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of the Melbourne CBD.
  The park encompasses 2.25 square kilometres of parkland including Albert Park Lake and provides numerous ovals, sporting facilities, the Albert Park Public Golf Course, a 4.7-kilometre walking track around the lake, and the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. It is bordered by Albert Road, Queens Road, Fitzroy Street and Canterbury Road. Surrounding suburbs include Albert Park, Middle Park, St Kilda, Melbourne and South Melbourne.
context_section_description: There are nine separate picnic areas, most with barbecues, shelters and toilets. There is a vast network of sealed and unsealed, shared pedestrian/bicycle paths, centred on a main route that circles the lake. There are several playgrounds of varying sizes, the park also hosts many large sporting facilities, including:
  Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre - International class swimming and sports facilities.
  Lakeside Stadium - Home ground of Athletics Australia, Athletics Victoria and South Melbourne FC.
  Albert Park Public Golf Course - including a golf driving range on the opposite side of the lake.
  Junction Oval - historic sporting ground.
  Several boating and sailing clubs - located on the north and eastern sides of the lake.
  Several rowing clubs at either ends of the lake, specifically [2014] APSMRC [Albert Park South Melbourne], Caulfield Grammar School, Argonauts, YWCA, Korowa GS, Wesley College, Brighton Grammar School. 
  Restaurants and Function Centres - including the Powerhouse, the Point and Carousel.
  Various sporting grounds/ovals - including Harry Trott Oval, Holdsworth Pavilion, Ross Gregory Oval, Stuart King Pavilion, Ian Johnson Oval, and several smaller bowls clubs, tennis clubs, cricket ovals, soccer and rugby fields located in the south western side of the park.
caption: Albert Park Lake, looking towards Melbourne
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