£400k improvement works on three parks completed

Lutfur Rahman, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, and Cllr Kamrul Hussain, Cabinet Member for Culture and Recreation visited Brickfield Gardens where they met residents enjoying the new facilities

Visitors to Gosling Gardens in Shadwell, Brickfield Gardens in Mile End and Vallance Gardens in Whitechapel can enjoy enhanced play, exercise and outdoor leisure facilities, thanks to a £400k investment in improvements by the council.  

Brickfield Gardens has a new gated play area for toddlers and young people, including unique play features for children with special needs. A new outdoor gym with fitness equipment for people of all abilities has also been installed in the open space. 

Over at Gosling Gardens, enhanced play facilities, new CCTV, an outdoor gym, additional lights and a dropped kerb have been put in. The vegetation has been cut back to deter crime, and a range of tree species have been planted, giving the park additional colour. New picnic tables and benches in the park give families opportunities to come together outdoors. 

An outdated playground at Vallance Gardens has been replaced with inclusive play equipment for children of all ages and abilities. Additionally, the council has spent over £10k on a new CCTV camera in the park, in a bid to discourage anti-social behaviour. 

Lutfur Rahman, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, and Cllr Kamrul Hussain, Cabinet Member for Culture and Recreation visited Brickfield Gardens on 30 May where they met residents enjoying the new facilities during the school half-term holidays. 

Lutfur Rahman, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, said:   

“Residents asked for safer, state-of-the art facilities for play and outdoor exercise and we delivered. I am delighted that these re-vamped outdoor spaces now provide imaginative and inclusive play spaces for younger residents to enjoy and for adults to exercise and boost their health and fitness.”   

Cllr Kamrul Hussain, Cabinet Member for Culture and Recreation, said:   

“These newly improved facilities will make a real difference to individuals and families in the borough. These excellent quality and well maintained open spaces will enable residents to experience activities which meet their needs, from play and recreation to fitness, sport and social interaction.”