The Crystal Palace Park Playground is open!
The new Dinosaur Playground in Crystal Palace Park was opened by the Mayor of Bromley alongside children from local schools, who were able to eagerly test out the new playground equipment, including a dinosaur skeleton climbing frame, giant dinosaur egg play features, basket swings and a footprint-shaped sandpit to encourage fossil hunting adventures.
New accessible features were also introduced for the playground, including wheelchair accessible roundabout and picnic benches, an accessible slide and swing, and adjustable height games throughout the playground, with a Changing Places toilet also nearby in the park.
While the current multi-million-pound phase of regeneration works in the park will be completed this summer, much of the fencing in the park around the playground has now been removed with these works complete. This includes access around The Tidal Lakes, which is being opened up earlier than expected, allowing residents to see some of the finishing restoration works that continue on the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
The extensive park-wide regeneration plan is being co-delivered by Bromley Council and Crystal Palace Park Trust, with the support of partners, including a £5m grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The new playground was also delivered thanks to a £140,000 grant from the London Marathon Foundation. Further donations to support the wider regeneration plan have come from the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Wolfson Foundation, and Pilgrim Trust.
Landscape Architects HTA Design developed the design of the playground, withwelcome input from residents and groups. The works were carried out by partner contractors Maylim, who are also delivering the wider phase of the works, and their sub-contractors including PlayEquip.
