Newly refurbished Elizabeth Close Play Area in Nazeing opens

The Elizabeth Close Play Area celebrated its grand opening in August with a free outdoor play session organised by the Play in the Park team in collaboration with Nazeing Parish Council.

Children enjoyed a variety of activities, including face painting and goody bags distributed by HAGS Global, the company responsible for installing the new play equipment.

A young boy gets his face painted (Image: Epping Forest District Council) The play area has been designed to be inclusive, featuring a wheelchair-accessible roundabout, an in-floor trampoline, and swing and seesaw sets that allow harnesses to be attached.

Young girls enjoying being pushed on the new swings (Image: Epping Forest District Council) Various photos captured children and their families enjoying the new facilities, including a girl being spun by her mother on the wheelchair-accessible roundabout.

A boy shows off striking snake face paint at play area opening (Image: Epping Forest District Council)

EFDC chairman Louise Mead and one of EFDC’s community Development and Wellbeing team stand either side of a Play in the Park banner (Image: Epping Forest District Council) Councillor Louise Mead, chairman of Epping Forest District Council (EFDC), commended the efforts of the community development and wellbeing team in organising the Play in the Park sessions.

These free sessions, offering a variety of activities such as arts and crafts, tennis, and football, continued until August 29.

She said: “It has been great to attend some of our free Play in the Park sessions and see so many children enjoying the activities.”