The following parks will be reopened on Thursday 16 July:
The playground at the Arium DELAYED UPDATE TBC
The playground and adventure playground at Lotherton Hall
The playground at Middleton Park
The two playgrounds at Roundhay Park along with outdoor gym equipment DELAYED, UPDATE TBC
The playground at Temple Newsam
Ilkley Riverside Park
Bramhope Playground
The playground will remain closed until further notice. The Parish Council are currently risk assessing how the playground can be re-opened safely and within the government guidelines. Please do not use the playground in the meantime. Thank you
Wharfemeadows Park
Ward councillors have been told that the play area at Wharfemeadows Park, Otley is to be become out of bounds again following a number of complaints about how it is being used.
Councillor Colin Campbell says the action is being taken because the facility has equipment that is touched by lots of children.
He said: “I regret that young visitors to Wharfemeadows Park will no longer be able to use the play area but government policy means that, for the near future, the council has had to close and fence the area.
“I hope people will be responsible and encourage children to play safely in other parts of the park.”
Full details can be found here
22nd July
Children’s play areas and playgrounds in Leeds will begin to reopen from tomorrow (Thursday).
The reopening programme is being done gradually to ensure they meet the requirements set out in the government guidelines around cleaning and social distancing to allow them to reopen safely. There are more than 200 play areas and outdoor gyms across Leeds with over 2,000 pieces of equipment. It will therefore take time to reopen all of the play areas and playgrounds, and Leeds City Council would like to the public for their patience during this time.
The following parks will be reopened on Thursday 23 July:
Signage will be installed on the sites to remind users regarding social distancing, hygiene, not eating food or drink and limiting numbers including on relevant pieces of equipment. If the playground or equipment is busy then people are asked to be patient to enable social distancing. The playgrounds and equipment will not be supervised, and will rely on people acting responsibly. Please be aware that in some cases it will be necessary for example to remove some swing seats to ensure social distancing is maintained.
The council will continue to monitor government guidance and consideration will be given to re-opening further playgrounds once all appropriate work and checks have been carried out. For the time being all other playgrounds and play areas will remain closed, and the public are asked to please refrain from using them.
15 Jul 2020
Play areas and playgrounds in Leeds will begin re-opening from Thursday, 16 July
The reopening programme is being done gradually to ensure they meet the requirements set out in government guidelines around cleaning and social distancing before they can be re-opened safely. There are more than 200 play areas and outdoor gyms across Leeds with over 2,000 pieces of equipment. It will, therefore, take time to re-open all of our play areas and playgrounds, and we would like to thank you for your patience.
Signage will be installed on the sites to remind users regarding social distancing, hygiene, not eating food or drink and limiting numbers including on relevant pieces of equipment. If the playground or equipment is busy then people are asked to be patient to enable social distancing. The playgrounds and equipment will not be supervised and will rely on people acting responsibly. Please be aware that in some cases it will be necessary for example to remove some swing seats to ensure social distancing is maintained.
The council will continue to monitor government guidance and consideration will be given to re-opening further playgrounds once all appropriate work and checks have been carried out. For the time being all other playgrounds and play areas will remain closed, and we ask people to please refrain from using them.