King George’s Playing Fields

Brentwood Borough Council

Project value: £7 million

Partners: ISG, Kompan, Play Revolution, Saunders Boston Architects, Alliance Leisure, UK Leisure Framework (managed by Denbighshire Leisure Ltd)

The scheme to transform King George’s Playing Fields in Brentwood, ran by Everyone Active, formed part of the council’s 10-year Leisure Strategy.

The new building, named the Hartswood Pavilion, is larger than the original enabling it to serve both the golf club membership and the wider public.

The new pavilion features TAGactive, an indoor immersive game-based obstacle course. Other facilities include a flexible, multi-purpose room, a café, a two-storey soft play facility, designed and delivered by Play Revolution, and a sensory room providing a therapeutic space. A Changing Places facility has also been provided along with new changing rooms, toilet and showers for local rugby and football teams.

Supplementing the indoor provision are external facilities including an adventure play area and an accessible splash pad.

Brentwood Borough Council has invested more than £7m in the development of these facilities so that King George’s Playing Fields has activities all year round. The playing fields play a pivotal part in helping our community to improve their health and wellbeing. As the weather starts to warm up, it is going to be great to see families enjoying all these new activities.

Cllr. Cliff Poppy

Chair of Community and Health Committee, Brentwood Borough Council

The transformation of King George’s Playing Fields is an important part of Brentwood Borough Council’s ambitions to future-proof its leisure and recreation facilities. This project is a prime example of how to re-think public leisure provision, creating accessible and financially sustainable facilities that will ensure a successful future for this much loved park, while improving the health and wellbeing of local people.