snazy that was my suggestion to the User Group Chair - in fact it was not even as extreme as that, I suggested fencing off the one field that is adjacent to the children's pay area- then those who prefer not to be pestered by other people's dogs and their poo can picnic/fly kites/have their children run around etc. in relative safety. I was told they want to keep the park looking "natural" so unlikely to have more fences. I guess bouncing rottweilers, or the lovely gent hanging his pit/staffy bull terrier cross from the trees the other weekend yards away from a father with two small children, are a "natural" part of life and those who would rather not be near such dogs should continue to avoid the park
But in the Horniman gardens there is one area where dogs can run off the lead, and that seems to work (most of the time) without any fences, so I don't see why they couldn't do something like that - or maybe plant hedges around one field?