This years cover of our Report and Accounts is the newly opened Village Green Play Area at Priors Hall Park, our strategic site in Corby. The park which was officially opened in September, by Corby MP Lee Barron, was designed with nature in mind by our head of Green infrastructure Scott Chalmers and includes many innovative design features.
- The village green has been designed as a multi-generational space, with pétanque, chess tables, ball labyrinths and physical pieces enable enjoyment for all ages and promote family fun
- There is an enhanced offering of accessible play with the rotating plate, wheelchair see-saw and cradle swing
- Chess tables and wheelchair/pushchair space incorporated into the street furniture
- Table top trees and “beehive” canopies provide tactical shade points to provide protection from the sun
- Natural grass surfacing to the primary play space with a recycled rubber grass matt to provide critical fall height protection
- The use of corkeen safety surface to provide ease in accessible spaces
- 200m of copper and purple beech hedging to frame the space and provide a soft boundary
- A feature liquidambar tree with a circular bench made from sustainable iroko timber
- A flowering meadow boundary provides bio-diversity encouraging a balance between people and nature
- A mix of Silver Birch, Rowan, Lime and Hornbeam trees provide structural beauty
- Lighting bollards are made from sustainable Oak and use low level LEDs to reduce energy use and lower light pollution