AN up-and-coming seaside town is set to get a huge new adventure park as part of a multi-million renovation. The new playground will be part of the Newhaven Fort, which is currently closed. The park will be a "a celebration of Victorian innovation” which mirrors the fort's history .
There will be a large tubular slide attached to a Victorian "dirigible" - a blimp like structure. A steam crane-inspired lookout tower, with a secret entrance for kids. The sheltered play area is called Ardagh’s workshop, named after the Fort’s original architect, Lieutenant John Charles Ardagh.
Read more on seaside town There will also be accessible play features such as "sound play, sensory items, interactive speaking tubes and an accessible trampoline and roundabout". CAP.CO has an impressive track record, having created outdoor play spaces at numerous heritage sites including Windsor Great Park, Blenheim Palace and the National Maritime Museum.
It has been created by adventure play specialists CAP.CO, who have also worked on projects and Blenheim Palace and Windsor Great Park. designer and ‘Professor of Play’ Jono Burgess said they wanted the design to "reflect the history and character of the fort".
Most read in Beach holidays They added: "Since the Fort was built in the Victorian era, we wanted to celebrate the ingenuity and inventive spirit of the 1800s. "Our goal is to design and build an inclusive adventure playground which kids will want to return to again and again to challeng.
