 Community cheers as new playground opens
Pupils from Years 3 and 4 at St Cecilia's Church of England Primary School were thrilled to be among the first users of a new community playground in North Wokingham.
We've opened the facility at Payley Park, off Queens Road and Howlett Grove in the Matthewsgreen area, to serve everyone who lives in the growing new community being built around it.
The Mayor of Wokingham Borough Cllr Beth Rowland cut the ribbon at a ceremony on Monday, 16 October, which was also attended by a small number of residents and their younger children.
Also present were representatives from housing developer Vistry, who funded and built the playground under conditions linked to their planning permissions for new homes in this area.
 Fun for small and bigger kids
The playground, built by Vistry’s contractor PFL Group, boasts equipment aimed at all ages including traditional and "nest" swings, rocking seats on springs, rotating seats and a ship with a small slide.
Older children can enjoy a rope climbing frame, a larger slide, balance course and a zip wire as well as a multi-use games area suitable for football, basketball and more.
We're pleased to have worked in partnership with Vistry to provide this excellent facility and equally pleased that it's been so well received.
We understand the importance of providing high quality, developer-funded infrastructure to serve the new housing that we're required to build - and we can assure residents that we'll continue this approach as we look to meet the challenges of years to come.
More of the celebrations in pictures
 Above: two children enjoyed being among the first to try the new playground's zip wire, one of its star attractions
 Above: the pupils celebrate being the first ever users of the playground's climbing net, which stands next to a large slide
 Vibrant communities to live, work and play
The new housing at North Wokingham is one of four major new communities allocated in our local plan, a document we're required to produce to meet local housing need and Government requirements.
Vistry also built the nearby Co-op food store and provided land for the school as well as primary education funding. The school site will house a community building once we've weighed up all possible uses for it.
Developers funded or built nature parks at Old Forest Meadows, Ashridge Meadows, Kentwood Meadows and Keephatch Meadows, the two community allotment sites off Diamond Jubilee Way and at Twyford, and much more.
A fifth nature park linking Ashridge Meadows and Kentwood Meadows is still being built and, when opened, will create a continuous green stretch along the south of the A329(M).
You can keep in touch with everything that's going on through our Wokingham Borough Connect email newsletters.
These cover a range of topics including Traffic and Travel, Countryside, What's On, Libraries and much more - as well our twice-weekly Residents' Round-up.
|
