Halliwick Recreation Ground, Friern Barnet - 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 the borough. Our greenspaces provide a range of benefits for residents, visitors and for those that work in the borough.

We are working with the Friends of Halliwick Recreation Ground to improve the play facilities at Halliwick Recreation Ground. The council’s East Area Committee has agreed to allocate £150,000 to the project and the Friends are securing the remaining funding to give a budget of £200,000 for the new play facilities.

The proposed playground refurbishment is, for the fenced playground under the

Overview

Barnet has a great collection of parks and open spaces, and these are an important part of the borough. Our greenspaces provide a range of benefits for residents, visitors and for those that work in the borough.

We are working with the Friends of Halliwick Recreation Ground to improve the play facilities at Halliwick Recreation Ground. The council’s East Area Committee has agreed to allocate £150,000 to the project and the Friends are securing the remaining funding to give a budget of £200,000 for the new play facilities.

The proposed playground refurbishment is, for the fenced playground under the large tree and it also includes plans to have equipment outside of the fenced area. The existing play equipment next to the tennis court will remain unchanged.


What are we seeking your views on?

We would like to know what you think about the proposed playground refurbishment for the fenced playground under the large tree at Halliwick Recreation Ground. The proposed layout is set out here and the equipment here.


How can you give us your views?

Please take the time to review the plans and then complete the online questionnaire by pressing the 'TAKE SURVEY' button below for Halliwick Recreation Ground.

The council will also host two pop-up events in Halliwick Recreation Ground playground, so you can look at the proposals. Council staff will be on hand to discuss the plans and answer any questions you may have. The dates and locations of these pop-up events are:

LocationDate and Time
Halliwick Recreation Ground playground by the big tree
Wednesday 7 May – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Halliwick Recreation Ground playground by the big tree
Saturday 17 May – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm


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, London, 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 will then be discussed with the Friends of Halliwick Recreation Ground and 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, including the location of the equipment and the play contractor will be commissioned to carry out the work. The work is likely to take place in autumn 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 refurbishment of the main playground at Halliwick Recreation Ground.

    You said

    We received 58 responses to the online questionnaire, one direct email and we spoke to 34 people at the two pop up events in the park. The key themes from the public consultation were:

    • there is not enough for older children to do
    • request to keep the existing pair of single flat swings
    • the spire climbing net was the most popular piece of equipment
    • request to include monkey bars
    • request to include bars for children to somersault
    • request for more picnic benches in the play area
    • swap colour scheme to more muted colours.

    We did

    The order has been placed for the refurbished playground, and this is likely to be installed in autumn 2025. This work is being funded by East Area Committee and by other funding sources that the Friends of Halliwick Rec have bid for, including the London Marathon Foundation Active Spaces Fund. In total there is now £275,000 available for this playground.

    The design of the playground has been revised to include more equipment for older children with the inclusion of a sensory dome, which has lots of climbing parts and many children will be able to climb on the equipment at the same time. The spire climbing net has been removed to allow for the sensory dome, which is a larger piece of equipment with more activities.

    The tower unit, which is suitable for older children now has monkey bars.

    Two flat swings and two somersault bars have been included in the design.

    The number of picnic benches in the design has increased from one to three.

    The colours of the equipment have been changed to more muted colours, and the entire playground is now fenced.