Earlier this year Swindon Borough Council announced they were encouraging ‘creative, civic-minded entrepreneurs’ to come forward with ideas to enhance Swindon’s country parks.
So far, plans are in place to refurbish and clean the iconic Coate Water diving board, while £500,000 will be spent building a brand-new accessible play park at Coate Water. Improvements have also been made to the children’s play area at Lydiard Park.
Councillor Robert Jandy, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage, Leisure and Town Centre Experience, said: “We are incredibly lucky in Swindon to be blessed with the most amazing country parks and our Parks Strategy is focused on making them even better for local people.
“This exercise is centred on improving our existing amenities and facilities and is in no way looking to sell off any parts of our parks. If any of our existing operators at Coate Water are interested in expanding or creating new facilities we’d be keen to hear from them.
Expressions of interest can be submitted to the Council from now until midnight on Friday, 26th March by emailing: strategicparks@swindon.gov.uk for an application form. Further information is available at: www.swindon.gov.uk/parksconsultation
