Work has started on the latest play area in Nansledan with a brand new playground under
construction and plans for a multi-wheeled track being worked up for next year following
consultation with local residents.
Earthworks are now underway behind Nansledan’s primary school, Skol Nansledan, ready for
adventure playground company Cap.Co to start installing new play equipment in September.
The new playground is the third of six adventure play areas planned by the Duchy of Cornwall for
Nansledan and will be called Slynk, which is the Cornish word for ‘slide’.
It will include two stainless steel slides, walkways, ramps, timber decks, a hexagonal tower with
ladder and sliding pole, log steps, a two-metre climbing wall and a basketball court. Slynk will open
in spring next year to give the new landscape planting the opportunity to become established.
Slynk is being built next to a planned multi-wheeled (skate, bike, scooter) track which is currently
being designed by national skate park designers, Maverick.
This follows a community engagement event in July hosted by the Duchy of Cornwall to explore
what sort of facilities people would like to see. The hope is that the new track will be completed in
2024.
Sam Kirkness, the Duchy of Cornwall’s Development Manager at Nansledan, said: “Outdoor play is so
important for health and wellbeing, and we are delighted to see work start on the latest of
Nansledan’s adventure playgrounds.
“We also had a really good session with the local community to seek their views on plans for the
new multi-wheeled track next to the playground. Those views, including long-term maintenance of
the facility, been taken on board and fed into the design team. We look forward to reporting back on
the designs when they are ready and aim to build the track next year.”
Nansledan has been designed by the Duchy of Cornwall as a sustainable extension to Newquay and
will include the equivalent of 180 football pitches of natural and open space once complete. This
includes wildflower meadows, community allotments, playing fields, parkland and play areas.
In keeping with the use of Cornish place names throughout Nansledan, each playground is named
after the Cornish word for the type of play encouraged at each site. Skrambla, which means
scramble, and Leska, which means swing, have already been completed. After Slynk, they will be
followed by Diskhuda, which means discover, Omberthi, which means balance, and Lemmel, which
means jump.
