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Watling Park, Burnt Oak - playground consultation

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This consultation has now closed.

Overview

Barnet has a great collection of parks and open spaces and these are an important part of what makes Barnet a green and family friendly borough. We have allocated funding to improve play facilities across the borough and are now keen to hear your views on the new playground proposed for Watling Park.


What are we seeking your views on?

We have developed a set of draft designs for the proposed new playground at Watling Park and we would like to hear your views. The proposed layout and equipment is set out here with 3D views (view 1

Overview

Barnet has a great collection of parks and open spaces and these are an important part of what makes Barnet a green and family friendly borough. We have allocated funding to improve play facilities across the borough and are now keen to hear your views on the new playground proposed for Watling Park.


What are we seeking your views on?

We have developed a set of draft designs for the proposed new playground at Watling Park and we would like to hear your views. The proposed layout and equipment is set out here with 3D views (view 1 & view 2).


How can you give us your views?

Please take the time to review the plans and then complete the online questionnaire for Watling Park.

To request a questionnaire in an alternative format, please email parks@barnet.gov.uk or telephone 020 8359 7404.

Alternatively, you can write to us at: parks@barnet.gov.uk or Greenspaces, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW


What happens next?

The Council will review the outcomes of the play consultation to see if there is any interest in changing the play facilities and if so what to. The outcomes of the public consultation will be discussed with the play contractor, to see what changes it is possible to do within the budget that is available. The council will then agree the final plans with the play contractor, and the play contractor will be commissioned to carry out the work. The work is likely to take place in summer 2025.

The council will publish the consultation findings on this page, and we will also let you know how we are acting on the results of the consultation under ‘We asked, You said, We did'.

This consultation has now closed.

  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on the proposed new playground at Watling Park.

    You said

    We received 61 responses to the online questionnaire and a direct email. The key themes from the public consultation were:

    • 75% of respondents liked what was proposed for the new playground.
    • Request to have more benches and picnic tables.
    • Request for more climbing elements in the play equipment.
    • Request to cater for older children and adults.
    • Request for a sand pit.

    We did

    The order has been placed for the new playground, and it will be installed in summer 2025.

    An additional bench has been included in the design, so there will be three benches in total. The picnic table will now be a large wheelchair accessible picnic table that can seat more people.

    There is a wide range of climbing equipment in the design with banister bars and a tower net, although this was not clearly visible from the images, so we have not added any more climbing equipment.

    The playground is for children, so we have not added any more equipment for older people. A new outdoor gym will also be installed in Watling Park in summer 2025, which older children and adults can use.

    We will not be providing a sand pit, as the council has no funding to maintain a sand pit. Sand pits require regular raking and topping up of sand. There is a sand pit at Market Place playground which was installed as a pilot project in September 2024. This is being maintained, and we are monitoring the time and cost of this work, before making any decisions on new sand features.