New play area for Elemore Country Park

The new play area for younger children sits alongside the café and garden centre, which opened last year, adding to the leisure offer at the park. It includes a climbing wall, somersault bars and 'over and under bars' as well as a timber agility trail.  

Work is also in progress to install a fitness trail at Elemore, using the existing footpath network and new footpaths to create a circular route accommodating 10 pieces of metal equipment including climbing bars, a balancing beam and a leap ladder. 

Councillor Claire Rowntree, who as lead member for the project chairs the Elemore Project Group, said: "The introduction of a play park at Elemore Country Park improves the leisure offer and gives families in the area somewhere safe and fun to take young children.

"We want the park to help more people get outdoors and stay active and the new play park and fitness trail are providing something for people of all ages to enjoy."

Later this year work will start on improving the car park, to maximise parking capacity. The improved parking offer will enable more visitors to enjoy the park, including those with reduced mobility.  

Future plans include the installation of seating, signage which explains the heritage and wildlife within the Park and further improvements to pathways across the site.  

To find out more about the transformation of Elemore Country Park, visit: Elemore Park - MySunderland