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Goonhavern Village Park was built on the “filled in” Railway Cutting that went through the center of the Village between Newquay side of Derek Scott’s Garden Patch through the Park, Carriage Park, Under the main road Perranwell side of Reen Cross Road during 1905 to 1963.
The land between Halt Road and Bridge Road was purchased in 1975 for a nominal sum of under £300 from British Rail and was duly “filled in” and a playing field surrounded by trees with some play equiptment was born. Over the years different volunteers have tried to maintain the now “Park” but a lack of funding was always a concern.
In 2004-5 the park became under the authority of the Parish Council and the Charity Commission. The new committee formed in about 2008 started to revamp the park, with a major landscaping project involving tree felling, removal of tree stumps and landscaping down the left hand side nearest Potters Mews, with new fencing erected on both sides of the park, and re planting of trees and shrubs.
A new committee is now busy being involved in upgrading the old facilities and the site, with funds raised in excess of £100,000. The following photos shows what work has been carried out in the past 12 months. More work is to be carried out as funds become available.
Willie Hosking, Viv Moses and Tony Hosking marking out the Village Park – Circa 1975
View of Goonhavern Park – Sept 1986
Goonhavern Park – Circa 1998
Ornamental Wishing Well outside Goonhavern Park – Circa 2000
The old equiptment before the renovations – 26 July 2011
More old equiptment and mound to be removed and replaced – 17 Aug 2012
The more old equiptment and fencing to be removed and replaced – 17 Aug 2012
The old equiptment is gone and the ground preparations start – 17 Aug 2012
Preparation for the new slides – 17 Aug 2012
Things beginning to take shape – 17 Aug 2012
Some new equiptment being installed – 20 Aug 2012
A new slide being installed – 20 Aug 2012
The second slide is added to the first section – 21 Aug 2012
New safety matting getting laid around new equiptment – 23 Aug 2012
Bike Track being tested – 23 Aug 2012
More new equiptment and tried out – 24 Aug 2012
More equiptment installed and tested – 24 Aug 2012
More equiptment is installed – 24 Aug 2012
New equiptment being tested by dads – 25 Aug 2012
More new equiptment getting tried out – 26 Aug 2012
More new equiptment installed and being tested – 12 Sep 2012
The last piece of the new equiptment is installed and tested – 19 Oct 2012
New fencing starts around the Childrens Play Area – 13 May 2013
One of the two new benches made by Richard Manley – 13 May 2013
A New Picnic Table donated by Goonhavern Garden Centre – 13 May 2013
The back part of the park has been weeded and the old fence filled in near the toilet block – 19 May 2013
The New Gate at the entrance to keep children in and dogs out – 19 May 2013
New Fencing is erected – 19 May 2013
More New Fencing erected – 19 May 2013
Goonhavern Village Park – The Childrens Play Area – 8 July 2013
More New Fencing erected and one of five new benches donated by Bolingey Barbarians – 8 July 2013
