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To: Lambeth Council
Save the Brockwell Park Playground Sandpit!!!
Reinstate the larger sandpit and walkway area around it.
Look for alternative solutions to the recently reported issue of sand in the drainage system.
Look for alternative solutions to the recently reported issue of sand in the drainage system.
Why is this important?
The large sandpit and wooden climbing structures within it, have provided endless numbers of children with an amazing space for creative play and development. Many children spend hours at a time in this sandpit area. Many friendships have been made and young people come together across a range of ages. Parents, family members and carers also find the space a perfect place to sit and enjoy family time whilst building closer relationships with others from across the local communities and further afield.
Replacing this area with 'tiger mulch' (a rubber based surface) will completely change this amazing space, arguably reducing the time people both young and older, from all walks of life, spend together here.
It also makes parts of the wooden climbing structures that are in this area redundant, as they are designed for creative play using sand (and there will be no more sand there).
Whilst there is another sand pit area in the playground, this is smaller and was, for various reasons designed predominantly for toddler aged children, to have their own dedicated space.
Replacing this area with 'tiger mulch' (a rubber based surface) will completely change this amazing space, arguably reducing the time people both young and older, from all walks of life, spend together here.
It also makes parts of the wooden climbing structures that are in this area redundant, as they are designed for creative play using sand (and there will be no more sand there).
Whilst there is another sand pit area in the playground, this is smaller and was, for various reasons designed predominantly for toddler aged children, to have their own dedicated space.
