New natural play areas in Camden

The Council has just announced 16 new natural play areas for children, as part of the second year of the Government's Play Pathfinders scheme (Camden is one of 20 pilot authorities).

None of the sites are in Swiss Cottage ward, though one is very close. This is partly due to lack of suitable sites (which generally have to be in council ownership already) and partly due to criteria that prioritise areas with deprivation and lack of open land.

The full list is here, the three closest sites to Swiss Cottage are:

• A site by Burnham on Adelaide Road
• A site at Iverson Road in Fortune Green
• sites at the Abbey Road Co-op and the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate in Kilburn, in addition to the larger-scale Adventure Playground which is planned for Kilburn Grange Park in year two with Play Pathfinder funding and
• a site at the Lymington Road Estate in West Hampstead