{"id":114262,"date":"2025-05-19T11:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114262\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:59:11","slug":"one-of-englands-most-popular-childrens-playgrounds-is-about-to-get-much-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114262\/","title":{"rendered":"One of England’s most popular children’s playgrounds is about to get MUCH better"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONE of the most famous and loved children’s parks in the country, will soon be getting a \u00a33million upgrade. <\/p>\n

The Princess Diana<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n

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The Princess Diana Memorial playground in Kensington Gardens will get a \u00a33million upgrade this yearCredit: The Royal Parks\/Timberplay\"Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n

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It will include a new treehouse encampment and tunnel slideCredit: The Royal Parks\/Timberplay\"Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n

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There will also be greater accessibility in the parkCredit: The Royal Parks\/Timberplay<\/p>\n

According to Royal Parks – who manage the playpark <\/a>– the improvements will retain “the characteristics of the existing Peter Pan-inspired playground”.<\/p>\n

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 tunnel slide.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Galleon will also feature interactive play elements such as a \u2018Captain\u2019s Wheel\u2019, and musical <\/a>and sensory features.<\/p>\n

There will also be a new treehouses encampment, with three climbable towers, talk tubes, a tunnel slide and a see-saw bridge. <\/a><\/p>\n

The Treehouse <\/a>Encampment will include social and interactive features such as musical equipment.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

The new equipment will be made out from timber from sustainably managed forests. <\/p>\n

The site will also have improved accessibility, with wheelchair-friendly spaces in both the Galleon and the Treehouse Encampment. <\/p>\n

Andy Williams, park manager for Kensington Gardens, <\/a>said: “This free-to-access playground has a special place in millions of children\u2019s hearts across the globe, and it\u2019s about to get even better. <\/p>\n

“Working with play specialist providers, our own landscape teams, and the local community we have developed proposals that will continue to make this playground<\/a> an experience like no other.<\/p>\n

Lilidorei is the biggest adventure playground in the UK<\/p>\n

“The planned accessibility improvements will mean that the playground is open and welcoming to all children.”<\/p>\n

Work will start in autumn of this year, and is expected to be complete by spring 2026. <\/p>\n

The park originally opened in 2000 to commemorate Princess Diana, who once resided in Kensington Palace<\/a> nearby. <\/p>\n

In total, the park welcomes over one million visitors a year. <\/p>\n

There is also the National Trust\u2019s largest adventure playground that mums say is \u2018a day trip in itself\u2019 and is also a Hollywood film set.<\/a><\/p>\n

Plus, the award-winning English attraction has \u2018one-of-a-kind\u2019 indoor play zone and its own campsite.<\/a><\/p>\n

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It is expected to be complete by spring\/summer 2026Credit: The Royal Parks\/Timberplay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ONE of the most famous and loved children’s parks in the country, will soon be getting a \u00a33million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,1389,393,4884,1412,8921,18461,6113,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-114262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-children-parenting-and-family-life","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-princess-diana","13":"tag-section-travelnews-travel","14":"tag-staycation-tips-and-ideas","15":"tag-theme-parks","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114534388071898619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}