Things to do in Jenkintown

Abington Art Center

Gallery exhibitions, all-level Studio School classes, and a free outdoor sculpture park open during daylight hours. The lawn hosts a WXPN-affiliated summer concert series and the Holiday Art & Fine Craft Fair each November.

515 Meetinghouse Road

Beth Sholom Synagogue

Frank Lloyd Wright's only synagogue, a National Historic Landmark on Old York Road in Elkins Park. Guided tours book online and are the only way to see the documentary The Story of Beth Sholom.

8231 Old York Road

The Borough of Jenkintown Town Square

Jenkintown's own town square on Greenwood Ave, the bit of open ground the borough keeps for gathering. Benches and brick, and whatever the season puts on it.

703 Greenwood Ave

Briar Bush Nature Center

A 12.5-acre preserve in the middle of suburban Abington with about a mile of trails, a pond, and the free Dede Long Nature Museum of live animals and a touch table. The Griscom Bird Observatory is a climate-controlled cabin where you watch the feeder traffic through big windows; kids get a Nature Playscape of balancing logs, stumps, and boulders.

1212 Edge Hill Road

Cedar Street Moretti Park

A small neighborhood park on Cedar Street, good for a breather between errands. Green space over grand destination, which is the whole point some days.

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 (1) on Google

435 Cedar St

Curtis Arboretum

Cheltenham Township's 45-acre arboretum on grounds landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted: hills, two ponds, and more than 50 kinds of trees. The lower level holds a fenced dog park with over an acre of off-leash run and a separate enclosure for small breeds.

1250 Church Road

High School Park

An 11-plus-acre restored native meadow on the former Cheltenham High School grounds, with demonstration gardens, a rain garden, and a raised bird observation deck above Tookany Creek. Friends of High School Park has tended it since 1995 and runs a Summer Music Series and the one-day Arts in the Park festival.

Montgomery Avenue and High School Road

Hiway Theater

Jenkintown's restored cinema on York Road, a nonprofit art house running indies, revivals, and community nights. The neon marquee is a landmark in its own right.

212 York Rd

Jenkintown Library

Jenkintown's public library on York Road, the small-town kind that still runs story times and knows its regulars. Free books and a quiet table, plus community programs on the calendar for kids and adults.

460 York Rd

Keswick Theatre

The big live room of the Old York Road corridor, in Glenside just past Jenkintown. Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., and Marc Maron are all on the 2026 calendar.

291 N Keswick Ave

Lorimer Park

230 acres of woods and meadows along Pennypack Creek, bequeathed by Saturday Evening Post editor George Horace Lorimer and stocked with trout by the PA Fish & Boat Commission. Council Rock, a boulder overlooking the creek, is a favorite photo spot, and the 6.2-mile crushed-stone Pennypack Trail runs from Rockledge north to County Line Road for level hiking and biking.

183 Moredon Road

Moody Jones Gallery

An art gallery on York Road showing local and regional work. Worth a slow lap when you're already down that stretch of downtown.

319 York Rd

PHS Meadowbrook Farm

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's free public garden, where xeric beds and an herb garden sit alongside a stone wall garden of cloud- and espalier-pruned trees. Open mid-April through mid-October, with garden tours the third Saturday of the month, May through September.

1633 Washington Lane

Seraphin Gallery

A contemporary art gallery in a Greenwood Avenue suite. Small rooms, real shows.

101 Greenwood Ave Ste 350

The Sewing Room

A sewing studio on the lower level at Homestead Road, running classes for kids and grown-ups who want to actually learn the machine. Bring a project or start one from scratch.

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 (18) on Google

821 Homestead Rd Lower Level