One of England's most popular children's playgrounds is about to get MUCH better
ONE of the most famous and loved children's parks in the country, will soon be getting a £3million upgrade.
The Princess Diana Memorial playground in Kensington Gardens, London, which is regularly named among the best play parks in England, is having some of its most popular parts replaced.
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The Princess Diana Memorial playground in Kensington Gardens will get a £3million upgrade this year
Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay
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It will include a new treehouse encampment and tunnel slide
Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay
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There will also be greater accessibility in the park
Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay
According to Royal Parks - who manage the
The much-loved Galleon will be replaced will be a new ship in the centre of the park with an additional lookout platform and a
The Galleon will also feature interactive play elements such as a 'Captain's Wheel', and musical and sensory
features
.
There will also be a new treehouses encampment, with three climbable towers, talk tubes, a tunnel slide and a see-saw bridge.
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The
The park's Mermaid Fountain will also get a redesign, with a sand play area and dams and gates for kids to play with in the water.
The new equipment will be made out from timber from sustainably managed forests.
The site will also have improved accessibility, with wheelchair-friendly spaces in both the Galleon and the Treehouse Encampment.
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Andy Williams, park manager for Kensington Gardens, said: "This free-to-access playground has a special place in millions of children's
hearts
across the globe, and it's about to get even better.
"Working with play specialist providers, our own landscape teams, and the local community we have developed proposals that will continue to make this
Lilidorei is the biggest adventure playground in the UK
"The planned accessibility improvements will mean that the playground is open and welcoming to all children."
Work will start in
autumn
of this year, and is expected to be complete by
spring
2026.
The park originally opened in 2000 to commemorate
Princess Diana
, who once resided in
In total, the park welcomes over one million visitors a year.
There is also the
Plus, the
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It is expected to be complete by spring/summer 2026
Credit: The Royal Parks/Timberplay
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