Where can I find play areas?

Beccles
Banham Road, Darby Road, Denmark Road, Field View Gardens, George Brown Way, Glebe View, St Annes's Road, The Common, The Quay, Townlands, Waveney Meadow

Blundeston
Village Hall

Bungay
Castle Hill, Garden Close, Kings Road, Meadow Road, The Common, Wherry Road

Carlton Colville
Beccles Road, Community Centre, Dale End, Deepdale, Kingswood Avenue, Lowestoft Road, Lucerne Close, Matlock Dale, Parklands, Ranville, Staplehurst Close, Wannock Close

Corton
Station Road

Halesworth
Bramfield Road, Chicester Road, Dairy Hill, Gainsborough Drive, Kennedy Close, Old Station Road, Swan Lane, Town Park

Holton
Bensley's Drift, Church View

Kessingland
Church Road, Francis Road Community Centre, Hall Road, High Street, Rider Haggard Lane

Lowestoft (North)
Cotman Close, Kesgrave Drive, London Road North, Montgomery Avenue, Normanston Park, Parkhill, Pedders Way, Smith's Marsh, Sparrows Nest, Spashett Road, St Margarets Plain, Stoven Close, The Bleach, Thirlmere Walk

Lowestoft (South)
Beaches, Britten Road, Green Drive, Kirkley Fen Park, Nicholas Everitt Park, Nightingale Road, Pakefield Green, Rosedale Park, Smiths Walk, Sunnyfields, Tides Reach, Whitton Green

Oulton
Bloomsbury Close, Bonds Meadow, Cambrian Crescent, Community Centre, Dunston Drive, Whiting Road

Reydon
Barn Close, Mount Pleasant, Recreation Ground, Winston Road

Ringsfield
Village Hall

Somerleyton
Somerleyton Green

Southwold
Tibby's Green, The Common

Worlingham
All Saints Green, Cedar Drive, Foxglove Close, Garden Lane, Park Drive, Werels Loke


Skate Parks
Beccles (The Common), Carlton Colville (Lowestoft Road), Halesworth (Town Park)



You will also find a number of open spaces around some play areas and in several of our parks that are suitable for various informal games, such as football. We would ask though that you consider other users of the open spaces and ensure that games are appropriate to the available space.


Waveney District Council is the main provider of play facilities in the local area and is responsible for the development, improvement and maintenance of most of the play areas in Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Lowestoft and Southwold and a small number of rural locations. We also work with the Parish and Town Councils, Housing Associations and local Community Groups to assist with the delivery of play facilities.

We recognise that play is fundamentally important for children’s development and that the demands and opportunities for play continue to change. We are aiming to provide play areas that give children the freedom to explore and experiment, to be creative and interact with other children. Play can be formal or informal, so as well as traditional equipment we provide football and basketball areas, skate ramps, trim trails, youth shelters and seating, bins. Such provision increasingly incorporates landscaping and planting.

We are working towards providing well-designed new play areas while improving existing facilities. New and refurbished areas are designed with the help of the community. Our aim is to meet local needs and to complement neighbouring play areas as well as provide a suitable range of equipment for all ages within a reasonable distance.

Play areas are regularly inspected and risk assessments made to help maintain the assets in a safe condition. Within the Parks Team we have a dedicated officer whose job it is to regularly inspect the play areas. During the inspection safety checks are made on the equipment and the site examined for other hazards, such as broken glass. The inspector carries the tools necessary for carrying out routine maintenance and simple repairs immediately. Larger works may require specialist contractors and/or materials and are reported back to the office and programmed accordingly. Further to this we carry out quarterly engineering inspections and commission independent annual inspections.

Please contact us if you need to report anything wrong with the play areas, be it broken equipment, vandalism, glass and excessive litter or anti social behaviour. We will respond promptly to help correct the fault.

Contact us

For further information or to report issues with play areas contact
Email: play@waveney.gov.uk  
Telephone: 01502 539787
Write to: Waveney District Council, Normanston Nurseries, Monckton Avenue, Lowestoft NR32 3EQ