Bowling Greens And Play Areas Face Closure In Next Round Of Council Cuts

Bowling greens, rural toilets and play facilities face closure unless Community Councils and Groups agree to take them over.

Last August Community Councils were consulted on a variety of options regarding the future management of rural toilets, play facilities and bowling greens in their wards.

Consultation on the various issues that arose from this process have progressed over the last 7 months and have now been completed.

Many of the Community Councils in the area have agreed to fund maintenance costs, along with the inspection of play facilities and bowling greens for the next 12 months.

Along with this a small number of Community Councils have stated that they would take over the management and care of play areas from April 1st of this year.

Two community groups, the Parciau Bowling Club at Bellevue Park and the Cunliffe Bowling Club at Acton Park, would like to take over the management and maintenance of the bowling greens and surrounding shrub beds.

Along with this, Rhos Community Council and Overton Community Council have stated they would like to take over the management of the public toilets in their villages.

Speaking on Tuesday, Council Leader Neil Rogers said: “It is important these facilities are regularly checked. People value these facilities.”

Listed below are the community facilities that are proposed to transfer to Community Councils / Community Groups subject to approval.

Play Areas

Chirk Community Council

• Crogan Offa play area, LL14 5DJ
• George Street play area, LL14 5LA
• Station Avenue skate park and youth shelter, LL14 5NA
• Whitehurst Gardens play area, LL14 5AT
• Black Park, Halton, play area, LL14 5BB

Glyntraian Community Council

• Maes Meredydd, Pontfadog, play area, LL20 7AW

South Maelor Community Council

• Pendas Park, Penley, LL13 ONN, Parish Hall Committee are interested in taking over the play area

Rossett Community Council

• Mountain View play area, LL12 0ET
• Greenfields, Burton, play area, LL12 0LE

Llangollen Rural Community Council

• Fron Community Centre grounds, play area within one section of the grounds,
LL20 7RH
• Garth Road play area, Garth, LL20 7TX
• Trevor Brickworks play area, LL20 7TX
• Woodlands Grove, Fron, play area, LL20 7RL

Bowling Greens

• Acton, Cunliffe Bowling Green , transfer to Cunliffe Bowling Club
• Parciau, Bellevue Park Bowling Greens, transfer to Parciau Bowling Club

Rural Public Conveniences

• Overton Public Conveniences, Oswestry Road, Overton, LL13 0LG
• Rhos Public Conveniences, Market Street, Rhos, LL14 1AH

These facilities will be transferred to the Community Councils of Rhos and Overton.

However as part of the review, a small number of older poor quality play areas will have their play equipment removed. These include play areas on Shone’s Lane in Llay, Newtown in Gresford, Abbots Way in Bangor-on-Dee; The Lodge in Brymbo and the Senior Play Area in Acton Park.

The rural public conveniences in Llanarmon DC and Coedpoeth will be closed from April 1st. Discussions are ongoing with regard to conveniences in Glyn Ceiriog.

The full report can be found on the Council website here.