New play area at South Cliff opens
The brand-new outdoor play area at Scarborough’s South Cliff Gardens is now open.
Theaccessibleplayareahas 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 while ramps, walkways and ladders link the tower and play structures together.
Special Educational Needs
play is provided through the sandpitandquietarea,andnaturalplayintheAdventureTrail.
The Paxton tower and Victorian tower are accessible at the top level via the footpath,
which has been designed specificallyforwheelchairusersto access the structures.
In the middle section of the play area, the adventure trail has a double width accessible slideandeasyroutebacktothe 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.
Gemma Alexander, ScarboroughBoroughCouncilcommunity engagement officer, said: “A priority for the renovationofSouthCliffGardenswas tocreateamoreaccessibleand attractive destination for people of all ages, abilities and interests to visit and enjoy.
"Thefantasticnewplayarea meets that brief in many ways and I am confident it will be a popular facility that will help breathenewlifeandadventure into the gardens.”