Newcastle City Council is inviting local community groups, children and their families, and residents to have your say on ideas for new and improved play areas in the city. Share your ideas, priorities, and feedback with our design team and council officers. Let’s work together to create play spaces that are accessible, inclusive, and fun for everyone!

We’re planning to make some play parks in Newcastle even better — and we need your help! We want parks to be fun, safe, and welcoming for all children, including disabled people, additional needs, or find it hard to get around. That means making sure everyone can join in and enjoy playing together. Three parks are getting a big upgrade:

What we would like you to tell us
These parks will be designed to be accessible and inclusive, with equipment and spaces that work for lots of different needs. We’re also improving seven other neighbourhood play areas to make them more fun and up to date. Now we want to hear from you:

You can tell us about this by coming to our drop-in event between 3:30–5:30pm at Elswick Pool, Beech Grove Road, NE4 6RS, when you can meet staff working on these plans, find out more and share your ideas with us. We have two more drop-in events:

or you can give us your views by taking our short online survey and telling us what you think here: Help Shape Our Play Spaces.

What will happen next
We will review what everyone has told us in this consultation, and will use this to help shape our plans for these parks. We will publish the consultation findings here on Let’s talk Newcastle Online, and updates on what’s happening with parks will be on the Council’s website: Newcastle City Council.