Playgrounds in Padmanabhagar are as follows:
* A big playground related to a government school Sahakari Vidya Kendra is located next to Carmel School OR behind 12B bus stand, Padmanabhanagar. This playground is popularly known as "Carmel School Grounds" because of the popularity of Carmel School.

* RK Layout (BDA) Playground is located near Lakshmikantha Kalyana Mantapa
Wikimapia: http://wikimapia.org/399966/RK-Layout-Playground. Laughing club is also formed here and they meet regularly during evening it seems!
Compared to the Carmel school grounds, this is smaller in size. Some people say this space is allocated for Park i.e RK Layout BDA Park.