New Adventure Playground Opens

The new adventure playground at Mill Meadows was officially opened on Sunday by Henley Mayor, Councillor Rory Hunt.

The playground includes a large adventure fort as the park’s centrepiece which has a slide, rope tunnel bridge, monkey bars, climbing wall, rope climber and tube slide.  Other new pieces of equipment include swings, a titan carousel, a spider web and a zip wire to replace the old one which opened in 2009.  There are also other additions including an accessible swing and roundabout  for wheelchair users. a hammock, quiet corner, buggy parking and nature area.

Henley Town Council received a grant of from South Oxfordshire District Council of £65K towards the cost of the playground which was £250K.  The playground was designed by HAGS with planting carried out by the Town Council’s Park Services.

Henley Mayor, Rory said: “It’s exciting that we get to provide things like this, especially things that improve people’s quality of life and they really want. We couldn’t have done it without the fantastic parks services team and the amazing contractors. When you see something just as good, if not better, than the plans come to life, it’s amazing.”