St Luke’s Gardens - Proposed Improvements

The Council asked residents and park users their view of improving the play area and climbing rock area at St Luke’s Gardens. We asked residents what type of material they would like the play equipment made from, the preferred type of safety surface, what they would want included in the new play area, what improvements they would like to see made to the climbing rock area.

• You would prefer wooden/timber or natural equipment
• You would prefer a mixture of safety surfacing types 
• The most popular responses when asked about preferred play equipment were:
• Multi-unit/climbing frames
• Swings
• Slides
• Jumper/ Trampoline
• Balancing equipment

For improvements to the climbing rock area

The most popular choice was to remove two climbing rocks and the rest remain, using the space created to add a table tennis table and game top picnic table.

The results have been used to finalise a design brief for the refurbishments to the main play area and improvements to the climbing rock area, and the scheme has been tendered. The finalised design is now subject to a formal faculty application from the Church, once this is approved we will be able to commence work installing the new play area and add a new table tennis table and game top picnic table to the climbing rock area. It is currently estimated that the works will commence on site in around October 2023.