Coldharbour Parish Council announces exciting new main Play Park opening in 2026

Coldharbour Parish Council is thrilled to announce that the main play park near Swallow Lane will soon undergo a complete transformation. The existing park will be replaced with a new modern jungle-themed play park, designed to provide fun and adventure for children aged 18 months to 14 years.

The new play park will feature:

• All-weather surface area for year-round play

• Two play towers – one for younger children and one for older children

• Adventure trail to promote balance, climbing, and agility skills

• Swing set - a toddler, junior and team swing, suitable for all children

• Sensory activities to ensure accessibility for all

• Seating and integrated coat hooks for parents and carers to make everyone’s life a little easier.

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Overall scheme, click to enlarge (All images are artists concepts, final park may vary slightly)

The jungle theme will include stunning palm tree features and animal designs, creating a vibrant and imaginative environment for families, as well as promoting biodiversity awareness from an early age. For younger children specially selected equipment includes the new junior tower including a rope bridge, toddler swing and adventure trail. Older children can look forward to the larger tower including lookout posts, climbing nets and a big tubular slide, the rota bounce and challenging air rider. The addition of inclusive features such as the team (basket) swing and frog pinball sensory game ensure that every child can join in the fun.

Older children’s play tower and tubular slide

This upgrade reflects Coldharbour Parish Council’s commitment to improving every park we manage, following other recent enhancements across the area such as the Fitness Park on Brimmers Way. We continue to maintain many parks across our community ensuring all parks remain safe and fit for purpose.

The current Swallow Lane play park will close soon to allow work to begin, with the grand opening of the new park scheduled for Spring 2026.

Junior Play tower and rope bridge for younger children

Christmas in the Square 2025 - Everything you need to know!

An annual festive favourite returns this December

We are pleased to share thart Christmas in the Square will return on Saturday 13th December running from 4pm - 7pm.

We will once again be hosting a Gift and Craft Market in our community hall, along with treats from the WI. Festive music will be provided by the excellent Aylesbury Concert Band who will performing Christmas favourites live.

The big man himself, Father Christmas has been booked and will arrive on his Sleigh in the Square, and after greeting his fans, will settle in to his grotto. Children will be able to meet Father Christmas in his grotto and may even get a festive treat from him too.

Stall holder bookings are now open for our popular Gift and Craft market. Please click the button below for more details and how to register your interest in having a stall.

Parmiter Close Park - Future use Survey

We are conducting a survey about the future use of Parmiter Close Park and we want to hear from residents of Fairford Leys.

The survey asks residents to select their preferred future use of the park and give their reason why. The survey is open now and will close on Friday 19th December 2025. Once the survey is closed, we will review the feedback and use this along with other information and feedback to decide the future use of the space.

Parmiter Close Park - Summer 2025

Parmiter Close Park is located adjacent to Parmiter Close on the southern part of Fairford Leys. It is currently closed due to essential ground works. Parmiter Close Park was a play park up until the early spring of 2025 when it was repurposed as a 'dog friendly' park. We have received lots of feedback for and against this change, so we want to review our decision and decide if the park should continue or be used in a different way.

The survey is also available as a paper version. Please visit the Fairford Leys Community Centre in Hampden Square to collect and then return the paper version of this survey.

Please note:

• This survey is only open to current residents of Fairford Leys, who can be found on the Electoral Roll.

• We can only accept one response per person (digital or paper), if multiple entries are made by the same person the most recent response will be used and earlier responses will be discarded. 

• This survey aims to inform the Parish Council of residents' opinion, it is not a ballot or referendum, so the results do not bind the Parish Council's decision making process. 

• The survey is available online, but also as a paper copy which is available to collect and return at the Fairford Leys Community Centre. 

• The survey opened on Friday 19th September 2025  and will close on Friday 19th December 2025 for both digital and paper submissions. 

Music in the Square 2025 celebrating it's 10th Anniversary

The few photos from the archive of Music in the Square 2015

Music in the Square first started in the summer of 2015 and has been a hit ever since. This year we are pleased to celebrate the event’s 10th Anniversary. This year’s event will take place on Saturday 6th September 2025 from 5pm with a great line up or artists and bands set to take the stage. Our ever popular community bar and BBQ will be operating offering great value drinks and eats, with all profits made going back to the Parish Council to spend on the community. We hope you can join us at this free to attend community event.