Playgrounds
The Council is committed to a rolling provision of good quality
play facilities, on sites identified as being of strategic
importance. The aim of each equipped play area is to provide play
value with as wide a range of play facilities as possible, whilst
bearing in mind the responsibility for health & safety,
maintenance and inspection costs. You can locate the nearest
playgrounds to your home using the Parks and Playgrounds layer of
the Find my Nearest search on our
mapping pages.
Coun. John Crouch, the Mayor of Allerdale, officially opened the
Camp Road play area in Maryport recently.
The area, which has been revamped to the tune of £58,000, is the
third of eight strategic play areas within Allerdale to receive
this treatment and follows similar work at Vulcan Park, Workington,
and Bellbrigg Lonning, Cockermouth.
At Camp Road, the money has been spent on provision of new play
equipment, safe surfacing, new pathways, and so on. Local
schoolchildren from the nearby Maryport C of E School were
consulted as to what they wanted to happen on the site and their
views were incorporated in the final design.
In may 2003 Allerdale Borough Council, through its Playground
Strategy completed the fourth strategic play site at Hunters
Drive Seaton. As with previous sites the local schools had
input with the choice of equipment.
The new playground 
hosts swings, multi-games, ball dunk and slide
equipment for the benefit of residents and visitors to the village.
This playground caters for toddler and juniors covering an age
range from 4-15years.
The remaining four strategic play areas are: Ewanrigg Road,
Maryport; Harrington Marina, Workington; Flimby Recreation Ground
and Harris Park Cockermouth.
Partner funding has been secured for both Ewanrigg and
Harrington Strategic sites.