ZED Park
65-feddan park · Heart of ZED El Sheikh Zayed
Sixty-five feddans of landscape, sport and events form the central community facility at ZED El Sheikh Zayed.
ZED Park as the central landscape of the community
ZED Park occupies 65 feddans at the middle of Ora's 165-feddan Sheikh Zayed plan. As its main shared landscape, the park brings nature, sport, creative activity and events within walking distance of the surrounding neighbourhoods rather than operating as a separate residential phase.
The park occupies a substantial share of ZED's plan. It is not a decorative strip between buildings; it is the common ground where residents and visitors meet and where daily movement converges. Its scale explains why landscape organises the development rather than merely softening its edges.
Ora connected sustainable open space with sport and creative activity inside ZED Park. Walking and exercise routes sit alongside places to pause, while classes and events allow the landscape to work as an active community setting instead of a fixed view.
Different uses can share the park across the day: walking, jogging, yoga and organised sport on one side, then family time, informal meetings and contact with nature on the other. That range is the facility's central role within the community.
This page describes the park itself: its scale, position, facilities and relationship with the wider ZED plan. The timetable for a particular class or event belongs to the current operating programme because it changes more often than the physical plan.
- Area
- 65 feddans
- Type
- Park and community facility
- Setting
- Heart of ZED El Sheikh Zayed
- Activities
- Sport, walking and events
- Parent plan
- ZED across 165 feddans
Where ZED Park sits within the ZED master plan
ZED Park sits at the centre of the ZED El Sheikh Zayed master plan, reached from the surrounding neighbourhoods through short internal routes. Its position combines a large community landscape with the established roads and services of El Sheikh Zayed instead of placing the green space at the edge.
A central position makes the park a connector rather than an end destination. It can be approached from more than one side, and the everyday activity of ZED gathers around it instead of depending on one distant entrance.
A landscape of this scale inside established El Sheikh Zayed differs from parks placed in more distant urban extensions. Here, time in the park belongs to an address already connected to working roads, services and activity districts.
How the ZED plan organises movement around its park
The master plan treats ZED Park as the development's open spine. Walking and sports routes connect to it, while seating, events, dining and services gather around it. Reading the plan shows how quieter movement and more active uses are distributed across different parts of the landscape.
The park spans 65 feddans within a 165-feddan development, giving it visible weight in the composition of the place. It does not work as an isolated parcel; it links the plan and gives internal movement a shared destination.
Football, padel and tennis facilities sit within a wider landscape of jogging, walking, yoga and quieter contact with nature. That distribution prevents the park from being reduced to one activity or one age group.
Dining and event areas support the social life of the setting, while paths and planted space preserve continuity between those destinations. Moving through ZED Park therefore becomes part of the experience rather than a route between disconnected facilities.
Sport, nature and events inside ZED Park
ZED Park combines football, padel and tennis facilities with a gym and outdoor activities such as jogging and yoga. Walking routes, seating, dining, cafés and events add a social layer, while landscape and open space remain the connection between these different uses.
- Walking and jogging routes
- Football facilities
- Padel and tennis courts
- Gym
- Yoga classes
- Seating areas
- Dining and cafés
- Community events
Common questions about ZED Park and its facilities
How large is ZED Park?
ZED Park covers 65 feddans within the 165-feddan ZED El Sheikh Zayed master plan.
Is ZED Park a separate residential phase?
No. It is the central park and community facility serving the neighbourhoods and activities around it within ZED.
Which sports are represented inside the park?
Ora identifies football, padel and tennis facilities, a gym, jogging, yoga and other outdoor activity.
How does the park connect with the wider ZED plan?
It sits at the heart of the plan, linking movement routes with sport, seating, events and dining so it works as common ground for the community.
Ora's landscape-led plan for ZED El Sheikh Zayed
Ora planned ZED El Sheikh Zayed around a 65-feddan central park within a 165-feddan development. That decision makes nature, movement and sport part of the community's daily structure, connecting residential, commercial and social activity through one shared open landscape.
Ora's approach is visible in placing public landscape first and organising the wider plan around it. The result is a facility that connects ZED rather than a decorative addition introduced after the buildings.
- Developer
- Ora Developers
- Location
- El Sheikh Zayed