It's play time for Thornliebank

Published 18 March 2024

The new play area, located in the Thornliebank playing fields, includes state-of-the-art equipment including climbing frames, slides and accessible swings and roundabouts for children to enjoy. There is also picnic benches with spaces for wheelchair users.

More than £125,000 has been invested in the new facility through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as well as the Scottish Government's Play Park Renewal Fund, and the local community had their say in the choice of equipment installed through a public consultation.

In addition to Thornliebank, we recently completed a £90,000 refurbishment of McDiarmid Park play area in Barrhead, with a range of new equipment installed. This upgrade was also funded through the Scottish Government and people in Barrhead had the opportunity to tell us the improvements they wanted to see.

Councillor Danny Devlin, Convener for Environment and Housing, visited the park in Thornliebank and was joined by pupils from Thornliebank Primary School, Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig and Nursery. He said: 'This is a fantastic new facility for the younger members of the Thornliebank community and beyond. We're committed to creating and maintaining high quality parks and public spaces for our residents and this play park, along with McDiarmid Park, is testament to that. It was great seeing the pupils from Thornliebank have fun today as they tested out the new equipment and, as we head into spring, I look forward to seeing lots more children enjoy this play park.'