In the (late) 1990s a £15,000 grant enabled the children's paddling pool to be created with rocks and landscaping around the perimeter and a series of colourful cut-out zoo animals affixed to the iron railings. The west part of Durants Park remained laid out with an area of floral displays by the entrance, with shrubs and a willow by the small lake. Further east the park is now given over to playing fields and play areas. The easterly section is reached across the playing fields with a footpath running along the railings, which form the boundary with Hertford Road Cemetery, and appears to be used as a pedestrian through-route between east and west.