Fabulous new play area opens in Brunswick Park

25 October 2017

Local families came to celebrate the opening of the council’s quarter of a million pound redevelopment of Brunswick Park’s play area on Saturday 21 October. They were joined by councillors Mark Williams, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and New Homes, and Ian Wingfield, Cabinet Member for Environment and the Public Realm, and Deputy Mayor of Southwark, Jamille Mohammed,

The fabulous new play area is the result of  a local resident’s application to Southwark’s Cleaner Greener Safer (CGS)programme, which put up funds and sourced the additional finance.

The council held consultations which showed that people wanted a fun, imaginative, adventure play area, with lots of variety and an appropriate level of risk. Other key concerns included safety, seating and picnic tables. The park reflects all of this and is also accessible to children with a range of physical and/or mental abilities.

Further to the exciting new play area, a carved wooden sculpture of ‘Boris the Squirrel’ is to be commissioned and the local community will be invited to decide where his home should be.

Cllr Barrie Hargrove, Cabinet Member for Communities, Leisure and Safety, said: “It’s a real joy to have transformed this area into a bright, fun, lovely space that reflects the needs of the local community. We have paths for people who like to pass through the square and benches for people to relax and enjoy the enhanced biodiversity, as well as lots of new equipment to keep the children happy.” 

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