4/9/20
All children’s play areas in
Cardiff that have passed safety inspections are now re-open.
The re-opening of these three
play areas - at the Barrage (Cardiff
Bay), Heol Llanishen Fach (Rhiwbina)
and Rhydypenau (Cyncoed) mean that
107 of the city’s 116 play areas will be available for children to enjoy.
In line with Welsh Government
guidance and health and safety legislation all sites have gone through a
Covid-19 risk assessment and the equipment and safety surfaces have been
inspected by a qualified playground inspector, prior to re-opening.
Changes have been made to some
play areas to help maintain social distancing and minimise risk of transmitting
Covid-19 – for example, some swing seats have been removed to ensure a 2 metre
distance is maintained.
To help ensure safety, new
signage has also been installed, asking families using the sites to:
· wash
or sanitise their hands, before, after and during using the equipment;
· follow
social distancing requirements;
· limit
visits to 30 minutes during busy times;
· only
have a maximum of one adult per child in the play area.
8 play areas will remain
closed for the time being, having failed safety inspections.
Many of these 8 sites had
already been earmarked for future investment prior to lockdown and have
deteriorated or been vandalised further during the time they were closed.
Plans to carry out the
significant improvement works needed to bring these sites back into safe use
are currently being developed. Tenders are currently being sought for the
delivery of a new facility at Parc Caedelyn (Rhiwbina) and the complete
refurbishment of Grange Gardens (Grangetown).
The 8 sites remaining
temporarily closed are:
Anderson Fields (Adamsdown); Cemetery Park (Adamsdown); Mill Road Recreation
Ground (Ely); Grange Gardens (Grangetown); College Road open space (Llandaff North); Drovers Way (Radyr & Morganstown); Parc
Caedelyn (Rhiwbina); Caerleon Park (Trowbridge).
One further play area, at Ty’r
Winch (Pontprennau & St Mellons),
will also remain closed while the Community Council completes work on the refurbishment of the tennis courts.
The 107 sites which are now
open are:
Adamscroft open space (Adamsdown);
Adamsdown Square (Adamsdown);
Brewery Park (Adamsdown);
Belmont Walk (Butetown);
Britannia Park (Butetown);
Canal Park (Butetown);
Craiglee Drive (Butetown);
Hamadryad Park (Butetown);Hodges
Square (Butetown);
Loudon Square (Butetown);
Schooner Way Junior (Butetown);
Schooner Way Toddler (Butetown);
Windsor Esplanade (Butetown);
Emblem Close (Caerau);
Emerson Close (Caerau);
Heol Homfrey (Careau);
Heol Trelai (Caerau);
Trelai Park (Caerau); Treseder
Park (Caerau);
Jubilee Park (Canton);
Sanatorium Road – Toddler (Canton);
Victoria Park – Toddler (Canton);
Victoria Park – Junior (Canton); the Barrage
(Cardiff Bay) Bute Park Play Trail (Cathays);Cogan
Gardens (Cathays);
Maindy Park (Cathays); Creigiau
play area (Creigiau &
St Fagans); Rhydlarfer (Creigiau
and St Fagans); Roath Park (Cyncoed); Rhydypenau (Cyncoed); Green Farm Road (Ely); Wilson Road
Toddler (Ely); Wilson
Road Junior (Ely); Beechley
Road (Fairwater);
Chorley Close (Fairwater);
Fairwater Park (Fairwater);
Rosedale(Fairwater);
Whitland Crescent (Fairwater);
Maitland Park (Gabalfa);
Maitland Road - agility area (Gabalfa); Sevenoaks Park (Grangetown); The Marl –
Toddler (Grangetown);
The Marl – Junior (Grangetown);
Heath Park (Heath); Heol
y Delyn (Lisvane); Mill
Heath Drive (Lisvane);
Matthew Walk (Llandaff);
Hailey Park Junior (Llandaff
North); Hailey Park Toddler (Llandaff North); Bryn Glas Junior (Llanishen); Bryn Glas
Toddler (Llanishen); Heol
y Barcud (Llanishen); Llanishen
Park (Llanishen);
Parkland/Thornhill Rec (Llanishen);
St Martin's Crescent – Toddler (Llanishen);
St Martin's Crescent – Junior (Llanishen);
Watkin's Square (Llanishen);
Rumney Recreation Ground (Llanrumney);
Sedgemoor Road (Llanrumney);
Coed y Gores (Pentwyn);
Chapelwood (Pentwyn);
Glenwood (Pentywn); Parc Coed y Nant (Pentwyn);
Waun Fach (Pentwyn);
Garth Newydd (Pentyrch);
Garth Olwg (Pentyrch);
Penuel Road (Pentyrch); Cyncoed
Gardens (Penylan);
Hammond Way (Penylan); Sovereign
Chase (Penylan); Shelley
Gardens (Plasnewydd);
Roath Rec (Plasnewydd);
Butterfield Park (Pontprennau
& St Mellons); Crawford Drive (Pontprennau & St Mellons); Lascelles Drive (Pontprennau & St Mellons); Peppermint
Park (Pontprennau & St
Mellons); Cwm Farm Junior (Radyr); Cym Farm Toddler (Radyr); Fisherhill Way (Radyr / Morganstown); Heol
Llanishen Fach (Rhiwbina), Despenser Gardens Junior (Riverside); Despenser
Gardens Toddler (Riverside);
Kitchener Gardens (Riverside);
Llandaff Fields Junior (Riverside);
Llandaff Fields Toddler (Riverside);
Wyndham Street (Riverside);
Greenway Road (Rumney); Catherine
Gardens (Rumney);
Beaufort Square (Splott);
Horwood Close (Splott); Moorland
Library Gardens (Splott);
Runway Road (Splott);
Splott Park (Splott); Tremorfa
Park (Splott); Wilkinson
Close (Splott);
Cemaes Crescent – Toddler (Trowbridge);
Cemaes Crescent – Junior (Trowbridge);
Coleford Drive (Trowbridge);Heol Maes Eirwg (Trowbridge);
Heritage Park (Trowbridge); Heol Booker (Whitchurch
& Tongwynlais);Hollybush (Whitchurch & Tongwynlais); Ironbridge
Road (Whitchurch &
Tongwynlais); Whitchurch Library Gardens – toddler (Whitchurch & Tongwynlais);
Whitchurch Library Gardens – Junior (Whitchurch
& Tongwynlais).