The opening of an innovative new children’s play area in Scarborough’s South Cliff Gardens is being celebrated today.
The accessible play area has been designed and created to inspire play and fun.
It's been built as part of the garden's regeneration project.
Gemma Alexander is the Borough Council's community engagement officer, Gemma says the playground is a key part of the overall regeneration project.
The playground is now open and features several castle-like wooden structures, slides, rope climbs, a sand pit and more.
People of all ages are invited to the celebration event on Saturday 19 November between 11am and 2pm. They will be able to explore the new play facilities, talk to the play area’s designers from Studio Hardie and take part in other play activities.
The accessible play area has been designed and created to inspire play and fun, encourage local people with children to spend more time enjoying the gardens and enhance their appeal as a destination to visit within the town.
References to Scarborough’s existing and lost architectural features, such as the Paxton Observation Tower, have been included in the design. Other structures take inspiration from architecture found throughout the gardens. Ramps, walkways and ladders link the tower and play structures together.
Special Educational Needs (SEN) play is provided through the sand pit and quiet area, and natural play in the Adventure Trail.
The Paxton tower and Victorian tower are accessible at the top level via the footpath, which has been designed specifically for wheelchair users to access the structures.
In the middle section of the play area, the adventure trail has a double width accessible slide and easy route back to the path.
The lower section has wheelchair access round the sandpit with an accessible route crossing the staircase to the quiet area bench.
The new play area has been created as part of the £7.158m renovation of South Cliff Gardens, which is due to be completed in the next few months. The project has been made possible thanks to £4,665,700 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund, with funding contributions from the South Cliff Community Group and Scarborough Borough Council..
The project aims to preserve the gardens’ unique heritage and improve them in a way that will reconnect them with today’s residents and visitors, in the same way that the original gardens did more than one hundred years ago.
Community engagement officer Gemma Alexander says the team behind the playgrounds design will be at today's event.
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