Latest news with #Captain'sWheel

The Irish Sun

One of England's most popular children's playgrounds is about to get MUCH better

ONE of the most famous and loved children's parks in the country, will soon be getting a £3million upgrade. The Princess Diana Memorial playground in Kensington Gardens, London, which is regularly named among the best play parks in England, is having some of its most popular parts replaced. 4 The Princess Diana Memorial playground in Kensington Gardens will get a £3million upgrade this year Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay 4 It will include a new treehouse encampment and tunnel slide Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay 4 There will also be greater accessibility in the park Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay According to Royal Parks - who manage the The much-loved Galleon will be replaced will be a new ship in the centre of the park with an additional lookout platform and a The Galleon will also feature interactive play elements such as a 'Captain's Wheel', and musical and sensory features . There will also be a new treehouses encampment, with three climbable towers, talk tubes, a tunnel slide and a see-saw bridge. Read more on playparks The The park's Mermaid Fountain will also get a redesign, with a sand play area and dams and gates for kids to play with in the water. The new equipment will be made out from timber from sustainably managed forests. The site will also have improved accessibility, with wheelchair-friendly spaces in both the Galleon and the Treehouse Encampment. Most read in News Travel Andy Williams, park manager for Kensington Gardens, said: "This free-to-access playground has a special place in millions of children's hearts across the globe, and it's about to get even better. "Working with play specialist providers, our own landscape teams, and the local community we have developed proposals that will continue to make this Lilidorei is the biggest adventure playground in the UK "The planned accessibility improvements will mean that the playground is open and welcoming to all children." Work will start in autumn of this year, and is expected to be complete by spring 2026. The park originally opened in 2000 to commemorate Princess Diana , who once resided in In total, the park welcomes over one million visitors a year. There is also the Plus, the 4 It is expected to be complete by spring/summer 2026 Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay