Town Centre Regeneration - Rock Park

North Devon Council and Barnstaple Town Council have been working together to make major improvements to Rock Park through a two stage improvement project.

Phase one, construction of a new play area, was completed in October 2007.

The play area includes:

• a toddlers area for children 3-7 years of age
• a junior area for children 8-12 years of age
• a picnic and seating area with wheelchair access
• a sensory garden
• a large variety of swings, slides and climbing frames for children with different abilities

 

New paths, lighting, CCTV and a new high quality toilet block were all installed as part of this first phase. The new play area has been specially designed so there is room for it to expand in the future.

At the end of April 2009 the second phase of the project, a skate park, was completed.

The Council worked closely with Rock Park SK8 Committee and Gravity Enginering Limited (the appointed contractors) to finalise the design of the Skate park which incorporates a brick element to provide a different skating surface, as well as a full size American fire hydrant feature, unique to Rock Park Skate park.

The skate park was funded by North Devon Council, Barnstaple Town Council, Devon Youth Service, Barnstaple SK8 Committee and the Bridge Trust.