Concrete base of play equipment, playing fields, Binley, Coventry
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Concrete base of play equipment, playing fields, Binley, Coventry
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 23 Apr 2016
This was almost certainly the base of a children's slide, of moderate height. There would be metal steps with handrails up to a platform, from which the chute sloped down, becoming level with the ground and finishing with an extended run-out without sides. It could double as a seat or a stage. A child who fell off would likely land on grass. This piece will have been deemed unsafe or in disrepair. Modern equipment has more safety features, opportunities for inappropriate use have been designed out, and the surrounding surface could be expensive coloured rubber crumb. The distant vehicle, left, is at the roundabout on Clifford Bridge Road just south of Sowe Bridge. Behind the hedge, centre and right, is a large allotment site off Bridgeacre Gardens.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.411671
Longitude
-1.447772