Revamp plans for 28 play parks across North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire Council has confirmed it is carrying out improvements at more than 20 of its play parks so more children can stay safe, active and enjoy playing outdoors.

Twenty-eight parks will be refurbished and upgraded over the next 18 months thanks to an £800,000 investment from the Council.

The most pressing works are repairs to existing equipment, followed by a fresh supply of spare parts and finally new and replacement equipment and surfaces.

Plans to refurbish and upgrade some of the borough’s existing play parks were first announced in June 2021 with the works estimated to take three years to complete.

Since then, the Council has carried out public consultation to ask people where they’d like to see play parks improved and a procurement exercise to identify suppliers and contractors to carry out the work.

Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for environment and transport at North East Lincolnshire Council, said:

“Most people love their local parks and play areas and we are working hard to improve them so more children can enjoy playing outdoors.

“We want more children to have the facilities where they can be safe, active and enjoy playing outdoors.

“It’s more than 10 years since we’ve seen this level of investment in our play parks and I’m looking forward to seeing the works get underway soon.”

The play parks earmarked for repair and refurbishment include:

1. Ainslie Street
2. Albion Street
3. Alden Close
4. Bradley Woods
5. Butt Lane
6. Capes Recreation Ground
7. Carver Road
8. Duke of York Gardens
9. Grant Thorold Park
10. Haverstoe Park
11. Kingston Gardens
12. Mount Pleasant
13. Musical Garden, King’s Road
14. Neville Turner Way
15. Nunsthorpe Recreation Ground
16. People’s Park
17. Pilgrims Mount
18. Quantock Park
19. Rose & Crown
20. School Walk
21. Sidney Park
22. Sixhills Street
23. Sussex Rec
24. St Christopher’s Playing Field
25. Sussex Recreation Ground
26. Sutherland Park
27. Weelsby Woods
28. Wingate Parade

Members of the Council’s Communities Scrutiny Panel were given an update on the project at their meeting in February.

Read the full report at https://democracy.nelincs.gov.uk/meetings/communities-scrutiny-panel-10/.