Play facilities in Woodstock

An update

There is a small group of volunteers from within our community trying to bring new and upgraded play facilities to our town. We thought you might like an update on the latest news!

Skatepark

We kicked things off on 21 May when we took a group of children to Blenheim Palace where they met and spoke to Calum Miller MP, senior representatives from Blenheim and Pye, the Headmaster of Marlborough School, and a number of local councillors. They talked about what they want for play provision for our growing town. Blenheim Estates has agreed to a feasibility study for a skatepark on the proposed development to the east of Park View. We are actively working on a range of proposals for them to consider. Merilyn Davies, Community Lead for Blenheim, has also agreed to cover the cost of a 'pop up' skatepark, hopefully to be hosted at The Marlborough School in October. More to follow - watch this space!

Hill Rise

Unfortunately, this playground will close from 3 August due to construction work. Having heard concern about this, Blenheim Estates offered to push the closure back to September. allowing the play area to stay open during the summer holidays.

The Town Council has refused this offer as they will not have insurance or inspection services in place. It is unclear whether all Councillors were made aware of this opportunity and what efforts were made to put temporary cover in place to keep the play area available for children this summer.

New Road

We are very keen to see the playground and equipment completely overhauled. At a recent consultation event with children from Woodstock CE Primary School we asked what they would want to see in a newly revamped playground. We have shared the output of this session with Woodstock Town Council so that it can be passed to the companies from whom they are seeking quotes. This work will need to be funded - we are actively considering means of fundraising for this project.

Get involved!

We are only just starting. If you would like to be kept informed about developments, please follow us on Instagram or Facebook at Woodstock Community Skatepark! If you have ideas and would like to get involved in events, publicity, fundraising or anything else, drop us a line at woodstockcommunityskatepark@gmail.com