Stanwick Lakes arson: Work begins replacing play equipment

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The popular play equipment had to be taken down after a fire at a lakeside nature reserve last year.

Work has begun to replace popular play equipment at a nature reserve after it was burnt down in an arson attack.

The adventure playground at Stanwick Lakes, near Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire, had to be removedMore than £300,000 is being spent on the new equipment, which includes a replacement wooden tower. Kate Chadwick, executive director of Stanwick Lakes, said: "The fact it is going in is a massive relief to us."A large section of the all-wood play equipment at Stanwick Lakes was destroyed by fire in April 2021Ms Chadwick said the project had been delayed because of "Brexit, the pandemic, [and] problems with the supply chain".

"We've missed it a lot; I think it [the loss] had affected visitors numbers although we did put in a beach last year, which was fundraised for by people who were so upset to see the devastation of the site," she said."It's really timely it's coming back," Ms Chadwick added.

 

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