Proposed works & maintenance

Your feedback on the proposed design for the playground at Harry Noble Reserve

We’re planning to upgrade the playground at Harry Noble Reserve, Erskineville and invite your feedback on the proposed design.

Erskineville

Project Status: Closed

This upgrade was approved by Council at its meeting on 26 July 2021. Detailed design is underway.

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What we’re doing

We plan to upgrade the playground at Harry Noble Reserve, Erskineville.

We’ve developed a concept plan for the park based on your feedback from our consultation in late 2020. The aim is to increase areas of open turf grass and provide space for everyone in the park.

The proposal for Harry Noble Reserve and playground includes:

  • 2 basketball half courts, a netball half court and goal circle practice area
  • a fenced toddler area with a tower and slides, deck and bridges, play elements and climbing challenges
  • a covered sandpit, boulders, stepping stones and an open cubby house
  • trampolines, an inclusive spinning carousal, a double swing with toddler cradle and seats, and a large basket swing
  • a nature play area and sensory precision play elements
  • a grassed area with mature trees and more plants
  • new tables, seats, a water bubbler, barbecue and sheltered picnic facilities. 

We will remove 2 small trees for the works and replace these with 7 new native trees.

Why we’re doing this

This is part of our parks upgrade program. Over the next 10 years we will upgrade more than 60 parks across the City of Sydney area, from small pocket parks to larger local parks.

We’re asking local community groups and residents for their feedback on the concept design. We’re interested in understanding who uses the current playground, what works and what doesn’t. We’d also like to hear any ideas you have for the new playground.

View the proposed design

Two aerial maps of Harry Noble with annotations on the proposed upgrade works. Zoomed out image of whole reserve showing: open space and off-leash dog area, new active recreation area with a netball half court and goal circle practice area with two basketball half courts, new playground with fenced toddler area and shade structure, and future path re-alignment to increase open space and off-leash dog area. Zoomed in map showing playground features including retain existing mature trees and enhance the shrub planting, multi-play structure for toddles with a tower and slides, decks, bridges, imaginative play elements, shop-front and climbing challenges, trampolines, inclusive spinning carousel, sandpit with sandstone boulders and stepping stones, undulating rubber mounds, tunnels and balance totem, open cubby house, nature play area and percussion play elements, large climbing frame for older children, basket swing, double swing set, new picnic tables and picnic shelter, relocated barbeque, low seating wall, and future new picnic area with tables and platform bench seats.
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Watercolour sketch of park with trees and playground.
Artist’s impression

How you can give feedback

Consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 14 June 2021.

We have a range of ways you can provide your feedback:

  1. Complete our feedback form

    Online form

  2. Email or post your submission

    You can also give feedback by email to [email protected] or post to:

    Senior Project Officer
    Strategic Engagement and Community Relations
    City of Sydney
    Town Hall House, Level 7, 456 Kent Street
    Sydney NSW 2000

  3. Talk to us

    Pop-up stall in Harry Noble Reserve on Saturday 29 June from 10am to 11:30am.

Feedback may be published in publicly available reports at the end of the consultation period. Your name or organisation's name may appear in these reports with your feedback attributed. If you would like your feedback to be kept confidential, please let us know when providing your feedback.

Next steps

We will report all feedback and design changes to Council, and we will continue to a detailed design. We will keep you updated on the progress of this project.

Other ways you can give feedback

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