Cuningar Loop Woodland Park

I only heard about this place because the lovely Bowl Food truck was going to be there, but I’m really glad I went now. The Forestry commission have been working hard to revamp this area as part of the Legacy 2014 project and I popped along for an ‘open day’ event where they were highlighting all they were doing.
When you walk in, you’re immediately transported into a little paradise of greenery — although when I went it was FILLED to the brim with kids. Seriously, this is a great place for children. They have a bike track for kids to ride around filled with hills, rocky sections and plenty of opportunity to fling themselves round while staying safe. They also have a bouldering section — where the Climbing Academy were showing people how to safely boulder. I didn’t try it but it looked pretty cool!
If that weren’t enough, there is the COOLEST adventure playground. Seriously, if it had been quieter and no kids were around I would absolutely have been running all round that. Yes, I am a big kid. This is true.
A bit further a walk on the loop there’s a lovely board walk by the water to have a nice wander, and they’re working on some seating areas. A little birdie also told me the plan in the future is to have a bridge linking this park to the athletes village — a lovely idea to connect the two parts together and I can imagine it’d be a lovely walk around them all on a Sunday afternoon (to counteract the Sunday Roast!)
While the grand opening isn’t until Spring 2016, I highly recommend keeping an eye out for more events prior to then to check it out. And I know I’ll be back in spring for sure.