Fantastic new Castle Grounds play area is now open

Work to create a fantastic new £375,000 adventure playground in the heart of Tamworth’s Castle Grounds is now complete and welcoming children to explore and play.

The new playground, which is free to use, has now been revealed and fully open, which includes equipment for youngsters aged three to 14.

Children are able to play the day away on a huge variety of swings, slides, seesaws, towers, roundabouts, climbing frames, climbing walls, monkey bars, trim trails, action spinners, buddy board, tee pees and loads more.

New plans revealed for town centre thanks to ‘Welcome Back’ funding

A new augmented reality trail will be developed for Tamworth town centre as part of new funding to be spent on encouraging people back to the high street in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tamworth Borough Council has been awarded £67,455 from the European Regional Development Fund’s Welcome Back Fund to help support the wider reopening of the town centre through a variety of activities.