New park plans for Peterborough’s Ferry Meadows

Plans for a new play park at Ferry Meadows have been submitted to Peterborough City Council.
One of the parks at Ferry MeadowsOne of the parks at Ferry Meadows
One of the parks at Ferry Meadows

‘Fox Play’ forms the next stage in updating and improving the play provision at Ferry Meadows, following similar successful developments of Otter Play in 2014 and Badger Play in 2016, designed to offer natural adventurous play for all ages.

Fox Play will provide a fully accessible play area with water features, zip lines, raised walk ways, climbing opportunities and plenty of new tree planting. It will be the biggest of the park’s play areas aimed at slightly older children, but accessible for all.

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By using the location of the current play space, Fox Play will be well served by existing access routes and provisions such as parking, bins, existing Nene Outdoors outdoor activity centre, toilets and cafe as well as support from Park staff during core operational hours.

The initial plans for Fox Play were announced in 2019, with images and a proposed model of the play area displayed in the Visitor Centre throughout the summer. Over 300 feedback forms were received with a predominately positive response. Ideas and comments were fed back into the initial design and amendments were made, including increasing the play offer for younger children.

Andrew MacDermott, Head of Development at Nene Park Trust said, “We know how important outdoor play is to our visitors and we are really excited to reach this milestone with Fox Play.  We have worked hard to both try something new and respond to the feedback we have received.  We now look forward to the project becoming a reality for all to enjoy and hope to begin construction as soon as possible.”